Breast cancer incidence in U.S. radiologic technologists

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2707-2715

  Doody, Michele Morin ^a   Freedman, D Michal ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^b   Hauptmann, Michael ^a   Miller, Jeremy S ^c   Rao, R Sowmya ^a   Mabuchi, Kiyohiko ^a   Ron, Elaine ^a   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Ionizing radiation; Radiation induced neoplasms; Radiologic technologists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745214936     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21876     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Jemal A, Murray T, Ward E, et al. Cancer statistics, 2005. CA Cancer J Clin. 2005;55:10-30.
2. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. Sources and effects of Ionizing radiation. New York, NY: United Nations, 2000.
3. Preston DL, Mattsson A, Holmberg E, Shore R, Hildreth NG, Boice JD Jr. Radiation effects on breast cancer risk: a pooled analysis of eight cohorts. Radiat Res. 2002;158:220-235.
4. Land CE, Tokunaga M, Koyama K, et al. Incidence of female breast cancer among atomic bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1950-1990. Radiat Res. 2003;160:707-717.
5. Brenner DJ. Does fractionation decrease the risk of breast cancer induced by low-LET radiation? Radiat Res. 1999;151:225-229.
6. Ron E. Ionizing radiation and cancer risk: evidence from epidemiology. Radiat Res. 1998;150(5 suppl):S30-S41.
7. Little MP, Boice JD Jr. Comparison of breast cancer incidence in the Massachusetts tuberculosis fluoroscopy cohort and in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors. Radiat Res. 1999;151:218-224.
8. Ullrich RL. Risks for radiation-induced breast cancer: the debate continues. Radiat Res. 1999;151:123-124.
9. Yoshinaga S, Mabuchi K, Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Ron E. Cancer risks among radiologists and radiological technologists: review of epidemiologic studies. Radiology. 2004;233:313-321.
10. Cardis E, Vrijheid M, Blettner M, et al. Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries. BMJ. 2005;331:377.
11. Doody MM, Mandel JS, Lubin JH, Boice JD Jr. Mortality among U.S. radiologic technologists, 1926-1990. Cancer Causes Control 1998;9:67-75.
12. Sigurdson AJ, Doody MM, Rao RS, et al. Cancer incidence in the U.S. Radiologic Technologists Health Study, 1983-1998. Cancer. 2003;97:3080-3089.
13. Percy CL, Miller BA, Gloeckler Ries LA. Effect of changes in cancer classification and the accuracy of cancer death certificates on trends in cancer mortality. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1990;609:87-97.
14. Clark LH, Jones DE. Some results of the photographic estimation of stray X-radiation received by hospital X-ray personnel. Br J Radiol. 1943;16:166-168.
15. Braestrup CB. X-ray protection in diagnostic radiology. Radiology. 1942;38:207-216.
16. Spalding CK, DeAmicis E, Cowing RF. Radiation-exposure survey of X-ray and isotope personnel. Nucleonics. 1949;5:63-66.
17. Hunter FT, Robbins LL. Protection of personnel engaged in roentgenology and radiology: final report. N Engl J Med. 1951;244:9-13.
18. Jamieson HD. X-ray dosage to patients and staff in diagnostic radiology. NZ Med J. 1952;51:159-167.
19. Fuller JW. Maine's experience with a state-operated personnel monitoring program for radiation workers. In: Radiological health data and reports. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, 1966-1971:489-492.
20. Geist RM, Classer O, Hughes RC. Radiation exposure survey of personnel at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Radiology. 1953;60:186-191.
21. Godfrey E, Osborn SB, Templeton DJ. Usual exposures of nurses to x radiation. Lancet. 1957;272:363-364.
22. Heustis AE, Van-Farowe D. The hazards of radiation. Radiation. 1951;57:832-836.
23. Osborn SB. Radiations received by diagnostic X-ray workers, part II. Br J Radiol. 1955;28:650-654.
24. Spalding CK, Cowing RF. A summary of radiation exposures received by workers in medical X-ray departments from 1950-1960. Health Phys. 1962;8:499-502.
25. Kumazawa S, Nelson DR, Richardson AB. Occupational exposure to ionizing radiation in the United States: a comprehensive review for the years 1960-1985. In: USEPA, EPA52011-84-005. Washington, DC: US Environmental Protection Agency, 1984.
26. Ries LAG, Eisner MP, Kosary CL, et al, eds. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER). Bethesda, M.D.: National Cancer Institute; 2002. Available at URL: http://seer.cancer.gov/ [accessed March 25, 2006].
27. Kalbfleisch JD, Prentice RL. The statistical analysis of failure time data: Wiley series in probability and statistics. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 2002.
28. Korn EL, Graubard BI, Midthune D. Time-to-event analysis of longitudinal follow-up of a survey: choice of the time-scale. Am J Epidemiol. 1997;145:72-80.
29. Little RJA, Rubin DB. Statistical analysis with missing data. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1987:65-67.
30. Wang JX, Inskip PD, Boice JD Jr, Li BX, Zhang JY, Fraumeni JF Jr. Cancer among medical X-ray workers in China, 1950-1985. Int J Cancer. 1990;45:889-895.
31. Wang JX, Zhang LA, Li BX, et al. Cancer incidence and risk estimation among medical X-ray workers in China, 1950-1995. Health Phys. 2002;82:455-466.
32. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. New York, NY: United Nations; 1994.
33. Andersson M, Engholm G, Ennow K, Jessen KA, Storm HH. Cancer risk among staff at two radiotherapy departments in Denmark. Br J Radiol 1991;64:455-460.
34. Sont WN, Zielinski JM, Ashmore JP, et al. First analysis of cancer incidence and occupational radiation exposure based on the National Registry of Canada. Am J Epidemiol. 2001;153:309-318.
35. Howe GR, McLaughlin J. Breast cancer mortality between 1950 and 1987 after exposure to fractionated moderate dose-rate ionizing radiation in the Canadian fluoroscopy cohort study and a comparison with breast cancer mortality in the atomic-bomb survivors study. Radiat Res. 1996;145:694-707.
36. Inkret WC, Meinhold CB, Taschner JC. Radiation and risk-a hard look at the data. Protection standards. Los Alamos Sci. 1995;23:117-124.
37. Brodsky A, Kathren RL, Willis CA. History of the medical uses of radiation: regulatory and voluntary standards of protection. Health Phys. 1995;69:783-823.
38. International Commission on Radiological Protection. International commission on radiological protection, 1990 recommendations. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press; 1991.
39. Hall EJ. Radiobiology for the radiologist, diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine: risk versus benefit. Philadelphia, PA: JP Lippincott; 1994.
40. Mohan AK, Hauptmann M, Linet MS, et al. Breast cancer mortality among radiologic technologists in the United States. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94:943-948.
41. Brinton L, Lacey J Jr, Devesa SS. Epidemiology of breast cancer. In: Donegan WL, Spratt JS, eds. Cancer of the Breast, 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2002:111-132.
42. International Commission on Radiological Protection. Avoidance of radiation injuries from medical interventional procedures (publication 85). Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press; 2000.
43. Ron E. Cancer risks from medical radiation. Health Phys. 2003;85:47-59.
44. Miller DL, Baiter S, Cole PE, et al. Radiations in interventional radiology procedures: the RAD-IR study: part I: overall measures of dose. J Vasc Intent Radiol. 2003;4:711-727.
45. Wagner LK. Overconfidence, overexposure, and overprotection. Radiology. 2004;233:307-308.
46. National Research Council. Health risks from exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation: BEIR VII-Phase 2. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2005.