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Thyroid and breast cancer following childhood radiation
Author(s) -
Curtin Charles T.,
McHeffy Barbara,
Kolarsick Albert J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197712)40:6<2911::aid-cncr2820400622>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , thyroid , thyroid cancer , cancer , oncology , childhood cancer , pediatrics
A 35‐year‐old man who received radiation for thymic enlargement as a child and subseqently developed both thyroid and breast cancer is reported. This appears to be the first case in which this association has been reported in a male. Cancer 40:2911‐2913, 1977.