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. 1987 Apr 15;59(8):1506-8.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19870415)59:8<1506::aid-cncr2820590819>3.0.co;2-p.

Brain tumors after cranial irradiation for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A 13-year experience from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Children's Hospital

I J Rimm, F C Li, N J Tarbell, K R Winston, S E Sallan
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Brain tumors after cranial irradiation for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A 13-year experience from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Children's Hospital

I J Rimm et al. Cancer. .

Abstract

Brain tumors developed in two children after they had received cranial irradiation as central nervous system therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A review of the literature demonstrated an increased incidence of brain tumors in survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia who received central nervous system irradiation. Most of the brain tumors occurred within a decade after radiotherapy. Further data will be required to determine whether early post-radiation brain tumors in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are due to the central nervous system irradiation or to a genetic predisposition.

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