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might be anticipated,
A table correlating age, sex, and ovarian and breast
tumor ineidence will be given.
Tuncra of the lung, liver, adrenal, kidney, etc., have bean observed with
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regularity, butincidence of thase neoplasms bas not yet been analyzed.
Fatal glomerular degeneration of the kidney cecurred frequently at dose
levels above S00 r (Chart 7).
The lesion ts interpreted, 4n the Light of
norphologie ‘evidence (Fig. 3), aga doqenaration ‘of the Gmerviar capillary,
sonavint reawihling diabetic glomerciceclercais. T% euluinstes in
wepivosclerosis and renal failure, often with generalised arterioaclerotic
changes,
The pathogenesis of this abnormality -reseins to be denonatrateds
however, its relation to irradiation is indicated conclusively.
Large doses
of radiation have been reported to induce similar changes in the kicneys of
man and other aninals,
Regenerative changes in the adrenal gland were frequent among the
irradiated animals; they will be discussed in relation to pituitary tumors.
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