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Published on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by mcypen
A recent study published in the journal Pediatric Blood & Cancer has outlined the late effects radiation may have on pediatric cancer patients. Lengthened survival comes from total body irradiation (TBI), a necessary part of treatment during bone marrow transplant, which creates the ability to notice these long term effects of radiation, according to researchers...
Published on Saturday, August 18, 2012 by mcypen
The last time federal officials assessed cancer rates in the communities surrounding nuclear power plants, they concluded that radiation releases were insignificant and health risks, if any, were too small to measure.
Now, in response to growing concerns that using uranium in the production of electrical energy may be dangerous even without accidents, the NRC is tryi...
Published on Friday, July 6, 2012 by mcypen
Some children with early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma who respond to initial chemotherapy may not need subsequent radiotherapy, according to recent research.
If confirmed in larger trials, this could allow such children to be spared from the potential side effects of radiotherapy. These include long-term effects such as a slightly increased risk of a second cancer in ...
Published on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 by mcypen
Children diagnosed with cancer remain at risk from a variety of serious, long-term complications even years after doctors pronounce them cured.
Now, new research shows that girls treated with radiation for pediatric tumors face a later risk of breast cancer that's six to seven times as high as that of other women.
The findings affect not only women who were tr...
Published on Friday, January 27, 2012 by mcypen
The well-documented evidence on the radiation dangers of premenopausal mammography are persuasive, although belatedly recognized. In striking contrast, the evidence on the dangers of routine and highly profitable dental radiation, particularly in children, are still virtually unrecognized, warns the Cancer Prevention Coalition.
However, these concerns are not new, sa...
Published on Thursday, January 26, 2012 by mcypen
(Reuters) - The incidence of leukaemia is twice as high in children living close to French nuclear power plants as in those living elsewhere in the country, a study by French health and nuclear safety experts has found.
But the study, to be published soon in the International Journal of Cancer, fell short of establishing a causal link between the higher incidence of ...
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