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Historically, the literature reveals that the incidence of radiation induced bone sarcomas is very low. Details related to epidemiology cannot be identified, however, because of the difficulty of identifying precisely the patient population at risk for development of the radiation induced sarcoma. The change in character of practice in cancer management with ever increasing numbers of patients receiving both radiation therapy and chemotherapy should alert physicians to the potential for increased incidence of this rare and unusual tumor.
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Brady, L.W. Radiation-induced sarcomas of bone. Skeletal Radiol. 4, 72–78 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349330
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