Follow-up study of patients treated by x-ray epilation for tinea capitis

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976 · Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1976.10667184· OSTI ID:7343055

Shore, R E; Albert, R E; Pasternack, B S

This is the second follow-up study of 2,215 persons who during childhood between 1940 and 1959 had been given x-ray therapy for tinea capitis and of 1,395 persons well matched for age, sex, and race who were treated for the same disease during the same period without the use of x-ray therapy. The major finding of the study was an excess incidence in the irradiated cases of tumors of the head and neck including the skin, brain, thyroid, and parotid. However, between the groups there was no difference in death due to malignant neoplasms or any other cause. Among white patients, a 40 percent excess of treated psychiatric disorders was observed in the irradiated group, but there was no difference among blacks.

• Research Organization: New York Univ. Medical Center
• OSTI ID: 7343055
• Journal Information: Arch. Environ. Health; (United States), Vol. 31:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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