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Title:

RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS: AN UNUSUAL FAMILIAL OCCURRENCE OF NEOPLASIA FOLLOWING IRRADIATION IN CHILDHOOD FOR BENIGN DISEASE ( CANCER 34:2069-2071, 1974 ) ( PARTIAL DOCUMENT )

Author(s):

LEVITT, S H; SMITH, D G

Subject Terms:

HREX

Document Location:

Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV

Document Type:

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Publication Date:

1974 Dec 31

Declassification Status:

Never classified

Document Pages:

0003

Accession Number:

NV0702301

OpenNet Entry Date:

1994 Aug 27

OpenNet Modified Date:

2017 Dec 21

Description/Abstract:

A PATIENT IS PRESENTED WHO DEVELOPED A MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA OF THE PAROTID GLAND 30 YEARS AFTER IRRADIATION TO THE AREA FOR BENIGN DISEASE. FAMILY HISTORY REVEALED FOUR SIBLINGS HAD LIKEWISE DEVELOPED NEOPLASIA IN LOCATIONS PREVIOUSLY IRRADIATED FOR BENIGN DISEASE. TYPES OF NEOPLASIA INCLUDED BASAL AND SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE SKIN, THYROID ADENOMATA, AND BENIGN MIXED TUMOR OF PAROTID GLAND. THE PATIENT'S MOTHER, OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED TO IRRADIATION, DEVELOPED ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA. COMPARISON OF THESE FINDINGS WITH THOSE IN THE LITERATURE IS PRESENTED.

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