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Radiation therapy among A-bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Abstract

The hospitals and clinics responsible for radiation therapy reported by ABCC-JNIH Adult Health Study subjects were surveyed to confirm treatment and estimate doses they received. Of 426 cases, 137 were documented by hospital records. Their ABCC medical records were also reviewed for pertinent clinical information. Excluding the cases not verified because of unavailability of records, confirmation rates were 0.46 in Hiroshima and 0.67 in Nagasaki. Radiation therapy doses according to date of treatment, diagnosis, body site, and source of exposure are included. These data are recorded routinely for future reference, along with doses from diagnostic roentgenology for evaluating overall ionizing radiation exposure of A-bomb survivors and their comparison subjects. Radiation therapy by source and by lesion treated is included. There were three cases with malignancies possibly related to their earlier radiation therapy. One was an A-bomb survivor with lung cancer previously reported as due to ionizing radiation from the A-bomb. Radiation therapy she received for breast cancer 11 years earlier was more likely the cause of the lung lesion than was her relatively small A-bomb dose. The importance of recording all diagnostic and therapeutic radiation, especially that received by those under continuing surveillance for late A-bomb effects, is stressed. (auth)
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1971
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
ABCC-TR-36-71
Reference Number:
EDB-80-006947
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; A-BOMB SURVIVORS; RADIOTHERAPY; HIROSHIMA; NAGASAKI; HOSPITALS; RADIATION DOSES; ASIA; BUILDINGS; DOSES; JAPAN; MEDICAL CENTERS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man
OSTI ID:
5913838
Research Organizations:
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima (Japan); Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Nagasaki (Japan)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
Japanese and English
Contract Number:
EX-76-C-28-3161
Availability:
Dep. NTIS, PC A03/MF A01.
Submitting Site:
NEDO
Size:
Pages: 36
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Russell, W J, and Antoku, S. Radiation therapy among A-bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan: N. p., 1971. Web.
Russell, W J, & Antoku, S. Radiation therapy among A-bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan.
Russell, W J, and Antoku, S. 1971. "Radiation therapy among A-bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Japan.
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title = {Radiation therapy among A-bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki}
author = {Russell, W J, and Antoku, S}
abstractNote = {The hospitals and clinics responsible for radiation therapy reported by ABCC-JNIH Adult Health Study subjects were surveyed to confirm treatment and estimate doses they received. Of 426 cases, 137 were documented by hospital records. Their ABCC medical records were also reviewed for pertinent clinical information. Excluding the cases not verified because of unavailability of records, confirmation rates were 0.46 in Hiroshima and 0.67 in Nagasaki. Radiation therapy doses according to date of treatment, diagnosis, body site, and source of exposure are included. These data are recorded routinely for future reference, along with doses from diagnostic roentgenology for evaluating overall ionizing radiation exposure of A-bomb survivors and their comparison subjects. Radiation therapy by source and by lesion treated is included. There were three cases with malignancies possibly related to their earlier radiation therapy. One was an A-bomb survivor with lung cancer previously reported as due to ionizing radiation from the A-bomb. Radiation therapy she received for breast cancer 11 years earlier was more likely the cause of the lung lesion than was her relatively small A-bomb dose. The importance of recording all diagnostic and therapeutic radiation, especially that received by those under continuing surveillance for late A-bomb effects, is stressed. (auth)}
place = {Japan}
year = {1971}
month = {Jan}
}