Published January 1990
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Journal article
Radiation-induced esophageal cancer
- 1. Tottori Univ., Yonago (Japan). School of Medicine
Description
A 63 year old woman who had been irradiated for thyroid carcinoma at 36 years of age developed a cervico-esophageal stricture, the biopsy specimens from which revealed squamous cell carcinoma. Total esophagectomy was performed and a small linear ulcer was found in the resected specimen. Histological examination revealed moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with severe fibrosis around the tumor, indicating radiation-induced cervical esophageal cancer. The characteristics of radiation-induced esophageal cancers described in the literature are reviewed in context of the present case. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Subtitle (English)
- A case report and a review of the literature
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Japanese Journal of Surgery
- Journal Volume
- 20
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Jpn. J. Surg.
- Journal Page Range
- 97-100
- ISSN
- 0047-1909
- CODEN
- JJSGA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 21052866
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOMAS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; ESOPHAGUS; FIBROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS; SURGERY; THYROID
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; INJURIES; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERAPY