%0 Journal Article
%T Radiation-Induced Malignancies Making Radiotherapy a ˇ°Two-Edged Swordˇ±: A Review of Literature
%A Gunjesh Kumar Singh
%A K. T. Bhowmik
%A Pragya Singh
%A Vikas Yadav
%J Archive of "World Journal of Oncology".
%D 2017
%R 10.14740/wjon996w
%X Radiotherapy is one of the modalities of treatment of malignancies. Radiation-induced malignancies (RIMs) are late complications of radiotherapy, seen among the survivors of both adult and pediatric cancers. Mutagenesis of normal tissues is the basis for RIMs. The aim of this review of literature was to discuss epidemiology, factors affecting and different settings in which RIM occur
%K Radiation-induced malignancies
%K Late side effect
%K Mutations
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624654/