P D Inskip, R A Kleinerman, M Stovall, D L Cookfair, O Hadjimichael, W C Moloney, R R Monson, W D Thompson, J Wactawski-Wende, J K Wagoner
The relationship between exposure to sparsely ionizing radiation and mortality due to cancers of hematopoietic and lymphopoietic tissues was studied among 12,955 women treated for benign gynecological disorders at any of 17 hospitals in New England or New York State and followed for an average of 25 years; 9770 women were treated by radiation (intracavitary 226Ra, external-beam X rays), while 3185 were treated by other methods, including curettage, surgery, and hormones. The average age at treatment was 46...
July 1993: Radiation Research