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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Solitary bone plasmocytoma: Treatment and outcome features
Cancer/Radiotherapie, Volume 8, No. 2, Year 2004
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Purpose. - To describe natural history of solitary bone plasmocytomas (SBO) after treatment. Patients and methods. - Between 1975 and 1998, we retrospectively identified 13 patients with SBO treated in the department of radiotherapy at Salah-Azaïz institute of Tunis. To be included in this study, three criteria were needed: histologic confirmation and only one bone lesion without medullary infiltration (or less than 10%). Mean age was 43 years (22-64) with sex-ratio of 3,3. Tumor sites were vertebra (6), flat bones (6) and tibia (1). Megavoltage radiotherapy was given to all patients, associated to surgery in eight cases (5 excisions and 3 laminectomies) and to chemotherapy in three. Results. - With a mean follow-up of 63 months, two local failures were noted at 24 and 48 months. Two patients developed multifocal lesions and one patient had an extramedullary lesion. Multiple myeloma occured in four patients (30%) after a median follow-up 3,5 years. Unfavorable outcome could not be predicted by age, gender or site of disease but by myeloma protein. Conclusion. - Radiotherapy is an effective local treatment for solitary bone plasmocytoma. Prospective studies are needed to better define predictive parameters of unfavourable outcome and indications of combined chemotherapy. © 2003 Elsevier SAS. Tous droits réserv́s.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kochbati, Lotfi
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Salah Azaiez de Tunis
Ben Romdhane, Neila Kédidi
Tunisia, Tunis
Hôpital la Rabta
Mrad, Karima
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Salah Azaiez de Tunis
Nasr, Chiraz
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Salah Azaiez de Tunis
Ben Salah, D. E.
Tunisia, Tunis
Hôpital la Rabta
Ben Romdhane, Khaled Beb
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Salah Azaiez de Tunis
Maâlej, Mongi
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Salah Azaiez de Tunis
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.canrad.2003.11.003
ISSN:
12783218
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cohort Study