Thyroid Carcinomas After Irradiation for a First Cancer During Childhood
Author(s) -
Florent de Vathaire,
C Hardiman,
A. Shamsaldin,
Sarah Campbell,
Emmanuel Grimaud,
Michael M. Hawkins,
M.A. Raquin,
Odile Oberlin,
Ibrahima Diallo,
JeanMichel Zucker,
Xavier Panis,
JeanLéon Lagrange,
Nicolas DalySchveitzer,
J Lemerle,
J. Chavaudra,
Martin Schlumberger,
Catherine Bonaïti
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.159.22.2713
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , radiation therapy , thyroid cancer , thyroid carcinoma , incidence (geometry) , population , relative risk , cohort , nuclear medicine , confidence interval , oncology , pediatrics , physics , environmental health , optics
The thyroid gland is among the most radiosensitive organs. However, little is known about the long-term risk of developing a thyroid tumor after fractionated external radiotherapy for cancer during childhood.
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