What are the risks from medical X-rays and other low dose radiation?

BF Wall, GM Kendall, AA Edwards… - The British journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The magnitude of the risks from low doses of radiation is one of the central questions in
radiological protection. It is particularly relevant when discussing the justification and …

Premature menopause in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study

CA Sklar, AC Mertens, P Mitby, J Whitton… - Journal of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background: Childhood cancer survivors who retain ovarian function after completing
cancer treatment are at increased risk of developing premature menopause, defined as …

Acute ovarian failure in the childhood cancer survivor study

W Chemaitilly, AC Mertens, P Mitby… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Context: Defined as the loss of ovarian function within 5 yr of diagnosis, acute ovarian failure
(AOF) is known to develop in a subset of survivors of pediatric and adolescent cancers. Its …

Premalignant conditions of bone

A Horvai, KK Unni - Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 2006 - Springer
Both benign and malignant neoplasms arise in the setting of Paget's disease. The incidence
of sarcoma has been estimated at approximately 1%. 2–5 Osteosarcoma is by far the most …

Age-specific fluoride exposure in drinking water and osteosarcoma (United States)

EB Bassin, D Wypij, RB Davis, MA Mittleman - Cancer Causes & Control, 2006 - Springer
Objective We explored age-specific and gender-specific effects of fluoride level in drinking
water and the incidence of osteosarcoma. Methods We used data from a matched case …

Dose reconstruction for therapeutic and diagnostic radiation exposures: use in epidemiological studies

M Stovall, R Weathers, C Kasper… - Radiation …, 2006 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Stovall, M., Weathers, R., Kasper, C., Smith, SA, Travis, L., Ron, E. and Kleinerman,
R. Dose Reconstruction for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Radiation Exposures: Use in …

Pediatric cancer survivorship: research and clinical care

AT Meadows - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Regardless of how one defines survivorship, more than 10 million individuals in the United
States have been treated for a malignant disease; about 250,000 were younger than 21 …

Impact of TBI on late effects in children treated by megatherapy for Stage IV neuroblastoma. A study of the French Society of Pediatric oncology

I Flandin, O Hartmann, J Michon, R Pinkerton… - International Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Purpose: To determine the contribution of total body irradiation (TBI) to late sequelae in
children treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation …

Role of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the risk of secondary leukaemia after a solid tumour in childhood

N Haddy, MC Le Deley, A Samand, I Diallo… - European journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the therapy-related risk factors for the occurrence of
leukaemia after childhood solid cancer. Among 4204 3-year survivors of a childhood cancer …

Familial risk for histology-specific bone cancers: an updated study in Sweden

J Ji, K Hemminki - European Journal of Cancer, 2006 - Elsevier
We used the nation-wide Swedish Family-Cancer Database to examine the familial risks of
histology-specific bone cancers in offspring by parental or sibling probands. Adjusted …