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Homozygous p53 gene mutation in a radiation-induced glioblastoma 10 years after treatment for an intracranial germ cell tumor: case report.
Neurosurgery - 1 Feb 1997
Tada M, Sawamura Y, Abe H, Iggo R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Radiation-induced glioma is a rare but serious complication of radiotherapy. Underlying radiation-induced mutations in oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes have not previously been described. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 16-year-old female patient developed a glioblastoma in the right frontal lobe 10 years after treatment of a suprasellar germ cell tumor with 50 Gy ionizing radiation. The glioblastoma was...
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