No of cases
Subject of study
11. Patients (most between ages
Follow-up
Dose
No. of
Form of
Observed
in exposed
Expected
if not
time (yr)
(R or rads)
persons®
cancer
group”
exposed
10-40
100-2000
2195
Chyroid
8
10-35
1500-2000
222
Thyroid
0
0.1
10-40} treated with x-rays
tor benign lesions in neck,
mainly tor tuberculous adenitis
(treated between 1920-50).
Hanford et. al. 1962 (158)
{2. Patients, ages 20-70. treated
with x-rays to thyroid tor
benign disorders. DeLawter
and Winship, 1963 (150)
13. Hyperthyroid patients treated with
'S'T (treated 1946-64. followup
through June 1967). Saenger
3-21°
7-15 rads to bone
et al., 1968 (250)
marrow(¥YmCr
‘Sy avy
Comparison group treated by surgery
and not given ry Saenger et al., 1968
18.370
(119,000
person yr
i?
11 ��
Leukemia
16
11.4
at risk)
10.731
(114,000
(250)
Leukemta
person yr
14. Hyperthyroid patients, ages 20-60.
S-15
Not given
ut risk}
142
treated with x-rays (treated
1946-53, follaw-up 1959-61).
Thyroid (probable)
i
Multiple benign
thyroid nodules
7
Sheline et al.. 1962 (178)
15. Patients treated with x-rays to
5-28
250-2500 to spinal
14,302
marrow .approx.
7 of spinal dose
(165,631
man yr
(33%)
to bone
(S71 21
Lymphatic
<4 (697)
Through
marrow
person yr)
530
malignancy
Leukemia
spine for ankylosing spondyhtis
(treated 1935-54; follow-up to
Jan. 1963) Court Brown and
Doll, 1965 (242)
16. Patients treated with x-rays tor
cancer of the cervix. Hutchison,
1968 (243)
17. American radiologists (died 194%8-
1964). Lewis, 1976 (244)
8. American radiologists. Warren and
Lombard, 1966. (245)
19. American radiologists. Seltser
and Sartwell, 1965 (246)
4-5
to other sensitive
areus
300-1500 av.
1964
at risk)
27,793
deaths
Through
1960
5.982
1935-58
3,52]
(48,895
Leukemia
60
Aplastic anemia
Cancer of heavily
16
200
irradiated sites
(after 6 yr}
Leukemia
Muitipie myeloma
More than 40
thorium. Evans, 1967 (251)
21. Uranium miners exposed to radon
420
3415
6}
107
4
5)
6
13
6.3
391
$
23
§
Aplastic anemia
Leukemia
1940-44
101
4
0.5
1945-49
7
.86
1950-54
6
1.26
1955-60
7
2.05
Ages 35-49
person yr) Leukemia
20. Radium dial painters and others
whotrigested radium and
6.8
Other cancer
Total deaths
Ages 50-64
Leukemia
Other cancer
Total deaths
Ages 65-79
Leukemia
Other cancer
Total deaths
Bone
Lung
2
1.9
9
“79
7.3
61.5
8
54
339
|
32
271.5
9
47
72
48
438
295
No significant ciinical signs
of malignancies for body
burdens <0.5 pCi 7° Ra
2]
5.7
gas and decay products, follow-
up 1950-63. Wagoner et al.,
1965 (234)
*This refers to the number of individuals at risk unless otherwise specified.
>The information needed to determine the number of cases is obtained by either following a designated study population
or by working back from a review of all death certificates in a defined geographical area.
©The numbers in this column are based on available statistical data for unexposed populations.
4 The term person-rads pertains to the dose imparted to a population and 1s equal to the sum of the doses incurred
by the individuals in the population.
j
‘
~
oe
C
cid
cy
C3
aH)
*This figure is based ona systematic sampling of the population rather than a review ofall the records
‘The term person years at risk is the sum of the number of years in which the disease could develop in each member of the group.
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