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Giant Cell Tumor

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Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases

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Although sometimes described as a benign tumor, malignant tranformation occurs independent of radiation. This tumor is often treated because of major bone destruction which could be devastating.Eighty-three percent of radiation oncologists in the national survey would treat giant cell tumors if they are threatening.

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  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Stanley E. Order MD, ScD, FACR (Director Radiation Oncology)

  2. School of Medicine, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Sarah S. Donaldson MD, FACR (Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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Order, S.E., Donaldson, S.S. (1990). Giant Cell Tumor. In: Radiation Therapy of Benign Diseases. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97160-0_7

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