Radiation exposure as a possible etiologic factor in hairy cell leukemia (leukemic reticuloendotheliosis)

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Cancer; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19801001)46:7<1577::AID-CNCR2820460714>3.0.CO;2-L· OSTI ID:5006372

Stewart, D J; Keating, M J

The frequency of prior occupational, accidental, or therapeutic radiation exposure was significantly higher for hairy cell leukemia patients than for a control group of solid tumor patients. Hairy cell leukemia patients were also more frequently involved in occupations at high risk of radiation exposure such as chemist, engineer, physicist, and health care facility worker. The observation that the incidence of thyroid disorders among hairy cell leukemia patients was also unusually high was interpreted as further indirect evidence of excessive radiation exposure. It appears that radiation exposure may be an important contributing factor in the development of some cases of hairy cell leukemia.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Texas, Houston
• OSTI ID: 5006372
• Journal Information: Cancer; (United States), Journal Name: Cancer; (United States) Vol. 46:7; ISSN CANCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
CARCINOGENESIS
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DISEASES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
EXPLOSIONS
GLANDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HEMIC DISEASES
HYPERTHYROIDISM
HYPOTHYROIDISM
IMPLANTS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEUKEMIA
LEUKEMOGENESIS
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
MEDICINE
METALS
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PATIENTS
PERSONNEL
PLUTONIUM
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
RADIUM
SIDE EFFECTS
THERAPY
THYROID
THYROIDITIS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
X RADIATION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES