RADIATION AND LEUKEMIA IN CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX
Questionnaires concerning the number of leukemia cases developing in survivors of radium-treated cancer of the cervix were answered by 36 of the collaborators in the Annual Report on the Results of Treatment in Cancer of the Uterus. In more than 71,000 patients there appeared 12 cases of leukemia that may have been associated with radiation and an additional 4 cases of chronic lymphatic leukemia. A determination of the person-years at risk shows an incidence of leukemia of from 62 to 115 cases per million. This is essentially the same incidence as in women of similar ages in the United States and England. It may be concluded, therefore, that radium treatment for cancer of the cervix does not induce an increase in the incidence of leukemia among the survivors. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Inst. of Nuclear Studies, Tenn.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-015555
- OSTI ID:
- 4156320
- Journal Information:
- Radiology (U.S.), Journal Name: Radiology (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 74; ISSN RADLA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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