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October 12, 2025The OncologistOpen Access

The risk of Radiation-Associated second cancer in patients with cervical cancer following radiotherapy from 1975-2019

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SWShanshan WangXYXiaojing YangZGZhongrong Gao

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Overview

Analysis reveals risk of radiation-associated second primary malignancies in cervical cancer patients, indicating a decline over decades.

Key Points

  • The study found that external beam radiation therapy was associated with a 2.13-fold increased risk of pelvic SPMs.
  • Cumulative incidence of pelvic SPMs significantly decreased from 3.92% to 2.27% over the studied years, indicating improvement in outcomes.
  • Brachytherapy alone raised pelvic SPM risk with a 3.04 sHR, but its combination with EBRT did not further elevate the risk.
  • The findings support improved safety in radiotherapy techniques for cervical cancer patients over the last four decades.

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ebe3d6becc64ad52fdaeaehttps://doi.org/10.1093/oncolo/oyaf334
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