[Secondary mandibular fibrosarcoma after chemoradiotherapy for undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Report of a case and review of the literature]

L Kochbati; H Boussen; S Gritli; M Besbes; F Benna; A Saadi; A el May; F Ben Ayed; A Ladgham; M Maalej

doi:10.1016/s1278-3218(01)00101-9

[Secondary mandibular fibrosarcoma after chemoradiotherapy for undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Report of a case and review of the literature]

Cancer Radiother. 2001 Jun;5(3):283-6. doi: 10.1016/s1278-3218(01)00101-9.

[Article in French]

Authors

L Kochbati¹, H Boussen, S Gritli, M Besbes, F Benna, A Saadi, A el May, F Ben Ayed, A Ladgham, M Maalej

Affiliation

¹ Service de radiothérapie, institut Salah-Azaïz Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie.

PMID: 11446083
DOI: 10.1016/s1278-3218(01)00101-9

Abstract

Secondary tumours to radio- and/or chemotherapy have rarely been reported after treatment for head and neck cancers. We report a case of mandibular fibrosarcoma observed 7 years after chemoradiotherapy for undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a patient treated when 20 years old.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Carcinoma / drug therapy
Carcinoma / radiotherapy*
Fibrosarcoma / etiology*
Humans
Male
Mandibular Neoplasms / etiology*
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / drug therapy
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Neoplasms, Second Primary / etiology*