Japanese Journal of Medical Physics (Igakubutsuri)
Online ISSN : 2186-9634
Print ISSN : 1345-5354
ISSN-L : 1345-5354
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Risk of Second Cancer after Radiation Therapy
Shizuko KakinumaYoshiya Shimada
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2014 Volume 34 Issue 2 Pages 79-84

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This review describes the secondary cancer after radiotherapy. Secondary cancer is a great concern for cancer survivors, especially for childhood cancer survivors not only because of their intrinsic high susceptibility to radiation but also because of successful achievement of longer survival. Recent advance of molecular biology reveals unique genomic changes, which distinguish radiation-induced tumors from spontaneous or chemically induced tumors.
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