Secondary cancers after carbon-ion radiotherapy and photon beam radiotherapy for uterine cervical cancer: A comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are limited studies on the risk of secondary cancers after carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT). We assessed the incidence of secondary cancers in patients treated with CIRT for cervical cancer. We also evaluated the incidence of secondary cancers in patients who received standard photon radiotherapy (RT) throughout the same period.

Methods

This retrospective study included patients with cervical cancer who underwent curative RT at our hospital. All cancers discovered for the first time after RT were classified as secondary cancers. To compare the risk of secondary cancers among cervical cancer survivors to the general population, standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated.

Results

The analysis included a total of 197 and 417 patients in the CIRT

SUBMITTER: Nitta Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189463 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature