Published March 25, 1989
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Journal article
Increased risk of breast cancer after low-dose irradiation
- 1. Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel). School of Medicine
- 2. Chaim Sheba Medical Centre (Israel)
Description
A significant increase in the risk of breast cancer has been found for the most recent 5-year period of a long-term follow-up study of children subjected to scalp irradiation, in whom a carcinogenic effect was previously only apparent in the head and neck. This increased risk was found among women aged 5 to 9 years at exposure. The breast had been exposed to a low radiation dose of approximately 16 mGy. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Lancet
- Journal Volume
- 1
- Journal Issue
- 8639
- Series
- Lancet.
- Journal Page Range
- 629-631
- ISSN
- 0023-7507
- CODEN
- LANCA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 20052155
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARCINOGENESIS; CHILDREN; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; FUNGAL DISEASES; HEAD; MAMMARY GLANDS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; BODY AREAS; DISEASES; GLANDS; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES