Experience in expert opinion of late radiation injuries after radiotherapy of children

13 cases of radiation injuries due to radiotherapy in childhood and adolescence were handled centrally for compensation settlement. This was part of the GDR expert opinion program of complications resulting from medical irradiation. Investigations, in recent years, were carried out under the aspect of compensation in terms of civil law or extended financial assistance according to a Decree issued on Dec. 16, 1974. These late radiation injuries resulted from radiotherapy of childhood cancer (n = 3) and of benign tissue processes (n = 10), primarily haemangiomas in early childhood (n = 7). Case histories with facts and findings of expert opinion are outlined. (author)