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"Low Level Revision 1 1.2.4 1.2.4.2 |
Dr. Robert Rowland, former director of
the Center for Human Radiobiology at Argonne National Laboratory, discusses (1997) other
dial painter cancers: "Radium-induced leukemias have always been an expected consequence of radium deposition in bone. However, they have not been seen in excess of expected numbers in any cohort of radium cases (Stehney et al 1978). "Two other malignancies have been at times associated with internal radium,
multiple myeloma and female breast cancer. The number of multiple myeloma cases is too
small for any decision to be reached at this time. In regard to the breast cancers, the
numbers are larger, but the studies are confounded by uncertainties. For example, dial
painters at some sites had clear excesses of breast cancer, while at other sites the
numbers observed were considerably lower than expected. In addition it has been recognized
that external radiation to the breast tissue from the radium in the paint being used could
have delivered a significant dose to the breast tissues, and thus might be the cause of
some of the breast malignancies." |
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