Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A pilot case-control study of gamma-radiation sensitivity and risk of papillary thyroid cancer. 
  • A unique role of the DNA fragmentation factor in maintaining genomic stability. 
  • Acquired vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum: a comparison of 12 cases with Crohn's associated lesions or radiation therapy induced tumors. 
  • Acute DNA damage activates the tumour suppressor p53 to promote radiation-induced lymphoma. 
  • Advances in prevention of radiation damage to visceral and solid organs in patients requiring radiation therapy of the trunk. 
  • An evidence-based clinical protocol for diagnosis of acute appendicitis decreased the use of computed tomography in children. 
  • Array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) analysis of premenopausal breast cancers from a nuclear fallout area and matched cases from Western New York. 
  • Atypical vascular lesions after surgery and radiation of the breast: a clinicopathologic study of 32 cases analyzing histologic heterogeneity and association with angiosarcoma. 
  • Back pain and paraplegia in a fifteen-year-old boy. 
  • Brain tumors in man and animals: report of a workshop. 
  • Breast cancer after chest radiation therapy for childhood cancer. 
  • Breast cancer following spinal irradiation for a childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Breast cancer in patients treated for Hodgkin's disease: clinical and pathological analysis of 76 cases in 63 patients. 
  • Breast cancer surveillance practices among women previously treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer. 
  • CT scans in childhood and risk of leukaemia and brain tumours. 
  • Carcinogenesis in urogenital sites. 
  • Chromosome end-to-end associations and telomerase activity during cancer progression in human cells after treatment with alpha-particles simulating radon progeny. 
  • Clear cell sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract after very low-dose therapeutic radiation therapy: a case report. 
  • Clinical and Genetic Risk Prediction of Subsequent CNS Tumors in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the COG ALTE03N1 Study. 
  • Combined-modality therapy for early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma: maintaining high cure rates while minimizing risks. 
  • Combined-modality therapy versus radiotherapy alone for treatment of early-stage Hodgkin's disease: cure balanced against complications. 
  • Comparison of Radiation Dose Reconstruction Methods to Investigate Late Adverse Effects of Radiotherapy for Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Computed tomography and radiation exposure. 
  • Cumulative radiation exposure and cancer risk estimation in children with heart disease. 
  • Curbing potential radiation-induced cancer risks in oncologic imaging: perspectives from the 'image gently' and 'image wisely' campaigns. 
  • Cutaneous photodamage, oxidative stress, and topical antioxidant protection. 
  • Cytologic findings in a case of postirradiation angiosarcoma of the breast. 
  • DNA repair related to multiple skin cancers and drug use. 
  • Dental x-rays and risk of meningioma. 
  • Depleted and natural uranium: chemistry and toxicological effects. 
  • Dose reduction in paediatric MDCT: general principles. 
  • Effective dose and dose-length product in CT. 
  • Effects of low level ionising radiations. 
  • Effects of protocol and obesity on dose conversion factors in adult body CT. 
  • Elevated Risk of Radiation Therapy-Associated Second Malignant Neoplasms in Young African-American Women Survivors of Stage I-IIIA Breast Cancer. 
  • Endometrial carcinoma after Hodgkin disease in childhood. 
  • Follicle-derived thyroid cancer in young people: the Duke experience. 
  • Gamma radiation sensitivity and risk of malignant and benign salivary gland tumors: a pilot case-control analysis. 
  • Gamma-radiation sensitivity and risk of glioma. 
  • Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Susceptibility Loci That Modify Radiation-Related Risk for Breast Cancer After Childhood Cancer. 
  • Genomic characterization of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in radiation-exposed Chornobyl cleanup workers. 
  • High risk of breast carcinoma after irradiation of young women with Hodgkin's disease. 
  • I Am Confused About the Cancer Risks Associated With CT: How Can We Summarize What Is Currently Known? 
  • Image Gently: toward optimizing the practice of pediatric CT through resources and dialogue. 
  • Imaging of late complications from mantle field radiation in lymphoma patients. 
  • Impact of imaging approach on radiation dose and associated cancer risk in children undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Inconsistent mammography perceptions and practices among women at risk of breast cancer following a pediatric malignancy: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Informed Consent for Radiation Risk from CT Is Unjustified Based on the Current Scientific Evidence. 
  • Informed consent in human research: what to say and how to say it. 
  • Ionizing radiation exposure to patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in the United States. 
  • Lifetime Attributable Risk of Cancer From Radiation Exposure During Parathyroid Imaging: Comparison of 4D CT and Parathyroid Scintigraphy. 
  • Looking into future: challenges in radiation protection in medicine. 
  • Malignancies after marrow transplantation for aplastic anemia and fanconi anemia: a joint Seattle and Paris analysis of results in 700 patients. 
  • Malignant (Diffuse) Mesothelioma in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies: A Clinicopathologic Study of 45 Cases. 
  • Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the spine after radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. 
  • Managing radiation use in medical imaging: a multifaceted challenge. 
  • Medical diagnostic radiation exposures and risk of gliomas. 
  • Modeling the effects of biologically incorporated radionuclides and chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure on both cancer and chronic non-cancer diseases. 
  • Modern approaches to photoprotection. 
  • Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Meningioma After Cranial Radiotherapy: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Multidisciplinary approach to treatment of radiation-induced chest wall sarcoma. 
  • Multiple recurrences in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the orbit: a case report and a review of the literature. 
  • Mutagen sensitivity and risk of gliomas: a case-control analysis. 
  • New findings in the chromosome 13 long-arm deletion syndrome and retinoblastoma. 
  • New malignant diseases after allogeneic marrow transplantation for childhood acute leukemia. 
  • Organ doses, effective doses, and risk indices in adult CT: comparison of four types of reference phantoms across different examination protocols. 
  • Osteoradionecrosis mimicking metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. 
  • Osteosarcoma after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. 
  • Pathology of human mesothelioma. Etiologic and diagnostic considerations. 
  • Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk estimation in CT: part I. development and validation of a Monte Carlo program. 
  • Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk estimation in CT: part II. Application to patients. 
  • Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk for pediatric chest CT. 
  • Pediatric CT: practical approach to diminish the radiation dose. 
  • Peer assessment of pediatric surgeons for potential risks of radiation exposure from computed tomography scans. 
  • Population models for the health effects of ionizing radiation. 
  • Postradiation sarcoma: case report and review of the potential complications of therapeutic ionizing radiation. 
  • Prevention of melanoma by recognition of its precursors. 
  • Prognostic value of magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic biopsy in the evaluation of recurrent malignant astrocytoma compared with a lesion due to radiation effect. 
  • Prostatic carcinosarcoma 15 years after combined external beam radiation and brachytherapy for prostatic adenocarcinoma: a case report. 
  • Radiation and Second Primary Thyroid Cancer Following Index Head and Neck Cancer. 
  • Radiation dose from cone beam CT in a pediatric phantom: risk estimation of cancer incidence. 
  • Radiation dose from contemporary cardiothoracic multidetector CT protocols with an anthropomorphic female phantom: implications for cancer induction. 
  • Radiation effects and risks: overview and a new risk perception index. 
  • Radiation effects in fluoroscopically guided cardiac interventions--keeping them under control. 
  • Radiation response genotype and risk of differentiated thyroid cancer: a case-control analysis. 
  • Radiation risk index for pediatric CT: a patient-derived metric. 
  • Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. 
  • Radiation-Induced Angiosarcoma after Breast-Cancer Treatment. 
  • Radiation-associated breast cancer and gonadal hormone exposure: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Radiation-induced genomic instability: radiation quality and dose response. 
  • Radiation-induced malignant gliomas: a current review. 
  • Radon risk information and voluntary protection: evidence from a natural experiment. 
  • Rare variants of ATM and risk for Hodgkin's disease and radiation-associated breast cancers. 
  • Residential radon gas exposure and lung cancer: the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study. 
  • Response to letters regarding article, "Cumulative radiation exposure and cancer risk estimation in children with heart disease". 
  • Responsible use of CT. 
  • Review of radiation risks from computed tomography: essentials for the pediatric surgeon. 
  • Rheumatologic manifestations of cancer. 
  • Risk factors for cancer. 
  • Risk of secondary malignancies after radiation therapy for breast cancer: Comprehensive results. 
  • Role of noninvasive testing in the clinical evaluation of women with suspected ischemic heart disease: a consensus statement from the American Heart Association. 
  • Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma of the cecum: a radiation-associated tumor in a previously unreported site. 
  • Sebaceous gland carcinoma: a subtle second malignancy following radiation therapy in patients with bilateral retinoblastoma. 
  • Sinonasal carcinoma after irradiation for medulloblastoma in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. 
  • Solar elastosis in cutaneous melanoma. 
  • Solid tumor second primary neoplasms: who is at risk, what can we do? 
  • Subsequent malignancies in children treated for Hodgkin's disease: associations with gender and radiation dose. 
  • Systematic review: surveillance for breast cancer in women treated with chest radiation for childhood, adolescent, or young adult cancer. 
  • The associations of adolescent cigarette smoking, alcoholic beverage consumption, environmental tobacco smoke, and ionizing radiation with subsequent breast cancer risk (United States). 
  • The characteristics of bladder cancer after radiotherapy for prostate cancer. 
  • The incidence of testicular recurrence in boys with acute leukemia treated with total body and testicular irradiation and stem cell transplantation. 
  • Therapy with orally administered methoxsalen and ultraviolet A radiation during childhood increases the risk of basal cell carcinoma. The PUVA Follow-up Study. 
  • Thyroid neoplasia following irradiation for medulloblastoma: report of two cases. 
  • Thyroid nodules and survivors of Hodgkin's disease. 
  • Treatment and outcome of 82 patients with angiosarcoma. 
  • Well differentiated astrocytoma occurring nine years after radiation therapy for medulloblastoma. 
  • [Bilateral breast cancer after Hodgkin disease. Clinical and pathological characteristics and therapeutic possibilities: an analysis of 13 cases]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Koontz, Bridget Fey, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Moorman, Patricia Gripka, Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Reiman Jr., Robert Ellis, Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiology