Incidence of Second Malignancies Among Children Treated for Cancer With Radiotherapy in Egypt
Charlotte L Sackett, Mohamed S Zaghloul, Ahmed Aldesouky, Alaa Elhaddad, Li Zhang, Chloe A Teasdale, Amr S Soliman · 2026
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Charlotte Sackett and co-authors measured in 2026 how often Egyptian children treated with radiotherapy for cancer later developed a second cancer. They followed 3,132 young patients treated in Cairo from 2009 to 2015, tracking them through 2021. Second cancers are a feared late effect of the very treatments that save children.
Twenty-three patients developed a second malignancy, a cumulative incidence of about 1.85 percent over eleven years. That matches rates in wealthy countries. About a third of the new cancers arose inside the earlier radiation field. Those in-field cases took longer to appear, about eight years versus four. The authors stress that strong long-term follow-up is essential for childhood cancer survivors in Egypt and similar settings.
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| CREATOR | Charlotte L Sackett, Mohamed S Zaghloul, Ahmed Aldesouky, Alaa Elhaddad, Li Zhang, Chloe A Teasdale, Amr S Soliman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |