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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Postradiation sarcomas

Murray, Elizabeth Margaret 09 May 2017 (has links)
This report from Groote Schuur therefore sets out to review cases of postradiation sarcomas, including malignant mixed mullerian tumors (MMMT), presenting to the Radiation Oncology Departments of Groote Schuur Hospital and the affiliated hospitals (Frere Hospital, East London and Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth) or known to have occurred in patients initially treated in these hospitals. It aims [1] to establish the features of the initial malignancy as well as the latent period for the development of postradiation sarcoma, the type of postradiation tumor and the outcome of the disease; [2] to establish as accurately as possible dose levels at which the postradiation tumors have developed; and [3] to briefly describe possible risk factors such as a genetic predisposition to the development of malignancy, repeated courses of radiotherapy, surgery as part of the treatment of the initial tumor, and chemotherapy. Questions regarding the genesis of postradiation sarcomas cannot be answered by a review of 20 cases, even when combined with an analysis of literature. This review aims to add relevant information to the body of data from which the final answers may come. In view of the late diagnosis often made in cases of postradiation sarcoma (25, 94) the review also aims to heighten awareness of the condition so that it may be more often reported at a curable stage.
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Etiologic Factors in Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Fröhner, Michael, Wirth, Manfred P. January 2001 (has links)
Soft tissue sarcomas account for about 1% of all malignancies. The increase in incidence of soft tissue sarcomas during the recent decades may predominantly be attributed to AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma; when this tumor is excluded, conclusive evidence for an age-adjusted increase is lacking. Beside the well investigated role of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in the tumorigenesis of AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma and several inherited disorders, considerable evidence support a relationship between occupational chemicals as vinyl chloride, phenoxyacetic acid herbicides, chlorphenols, dioxin, medicinal measures as Thorotrast exposure and therapeutic irradiation, and the development of soft tissue sarcoma. Hormones and chronic repair processes are further probably sarcoma-promoting factors. Considering the rarity of soft tissue sarcomas despite the vast portion that soft tissues comprise in the human body, additional knowledge on the tumorigenesis of soft tissue sarcomas might considerably contribute to the understanding of the etiologic pathways of malignant tumors in humans. / Weichteilsarkome stellen etwa 1% aller bösartigen Neubildungen. Der in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten beobachtete Inzidenzanstieg geht fast ausschließlich auf die rasante Zunahme an AIDS-assoziierten Kaposi-Sarkomen zurück. Bei Außerachtlassung dieses Tumors gibt es bisher keinen schlüssigen Beweis für eine wirkliche alterskorrigierte Häufigkeitszunahme der Weichteilsarkome. Neben der gut untersuchten Rolle des HIV-1-Virus und des humanen Herpes-Virus 8 bei der Entstehung des AIDS-assoziierten Kaposi-Sarkoms und einigen prädisponierenden genetischen Erkrankungen existieren starke Hinweise für einen Zusammenhang zwischen Industriegiften wie Vinylchlorid, Phenoxyessigsäure-Herbiziden, Chlorphenolen, Dioxinen, medizinischen Maßnahmen wie therapeutischer Bestrahlung oder dem Einsatz von Thorotrast, und der Entwicklung von Weichteilsarkomen. Hormone und chronische Reparaturprozesse sind weitere wahrscheinlich fördernde Einflüsse auf die Entstehung von Weichteilsarkomen. Die Tatsache, daß trotz des großen Anteils, den die Binde- und Stützgewebe an der Körpermasse stellen, nur selten maligne Tumoren von diesen Strukturen ausgehen, läßt hoffen, daß ein besseres Verständnis der an der Kanzerogenese von Weichteilsarkomen beteiligten Mechanismen in der Zukunft wichtige Erkenntnisse über die Entstehung menschlicher Tumoren liefern kann. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

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