Basal cell carcinoma due to radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

P Copas; C O Spann; B Majmudar; I R Horowitz

doi:10.1097/00007611-199511000-00018

Basal cell carcinoma due to radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

South Med J. 1995 Nov;88(11):1161-2. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199511000-00018.

Authors

P Copas¹, C O Spann, B Majmudar, I R Horowitz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga 30303, USA.

PMID: 7481993
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199511000-00018

Abstract

We report a case of basal cell carcinoma arising in a previously radiated field after treatment of cervical cancer. Our search of the literature yielded no other case of basal cell carcinoma due to irradiation for cervical carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Neoplasms / etiology*
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / etiology*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology*
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Skin Neoplasms / etiology*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy*