Radiation Treatment of Giant-Cell Tumour of Bone (Osteoclastoma)
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oncologica
- Vol. 26 (1) , 41-43
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02841868709092976
Abstract
Ten patients with giant cell tumours of the bone were treated by radiation therapy. Indications were non-radical primary surgery in 8 cases and recurring lesions in 2. Tumour doses ranged from 23 to 75 Gy delivered with supervoltage equipment in 8 cases. There were 3 recurrences after radiation therapy, all occurring in patients with tumour doses less than 39 Gy; 2 of these had received orthovoltage therapy and 2 died later from lung metastases. Modern supervoltage irradiation is probably as effective as surgery which is nevertheless recommended in operable cases.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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