Cancer risks associated with external radiation from diagnostic imaging procedures

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-100

  Linet, Martha S ^a   Slovis, Thomas L ^b   Miller, Donald L ^c   Kleinerman, Ruth ^a   Lee, Choonsik ^a   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Berrington De Gonzalez, Amy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ATM GENE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL DAMAGE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA DAMAGE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HMLH1 GENE; HMSH3 GENE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MGMT GENE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOGENE; PARP1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863257158     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21132     Document Type: Review

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