Thyroid Abnormalities After Radiation Exposure in Infancy
Authors: RALPH A. PINCUS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 June 1967Thyroid Abnormalities After Radiation Exposure in InfancyRALPH A. PINCUS, M.D., F.A.C.P., SEYMOUR REICHLIN, M.D., PH.D., L. H. HEMPELMANN, M.D.RALPH A. PINCUS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SEYMOUR REICHLIN, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, L. H. HEMPELMANN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-6-1154 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEpidemiologic studies have clearly shown that radiation exposure plays a role in the induction of thyroid neoplasms in man (reviewed in references 1 and 2). In these studies, it has been observed that a large proportion of children and young adults with cancer of the thyroid give a history of prior X-ray treatment to the neck region and that the prevalence of thyroid cancers, adenomas, and nodules in irradiated populations is higher than in nonirradiated groups.Although greatly in excess of that expected, the prevalence of thyroid neoplasms in irradiated groups reported in most prospective surveys is believed to be...References1. Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, Supplement no. 14 (A/5814). United Nations, New York, 1964. Google Scholar2. PIFERHEMPELMANN JWLH: Radiation-induced thyroid carcinoma. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 114: 838, 1964. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SOCOLOWHASHIZUMENERIISHINIITANI ELASR: Thyroid carcinoma in man after exposure to ionizing radiation. A summary of the findings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New Eng. J. Med. 268: 406, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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CARROLLHADDONHANDYWIEBEN REWVHEE: Thyroid cancer: cohort analysis of increasing incidence in New York State, 1941-1962. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 33: 277, 1964. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, New YorkFrom the Departments of Radiology and Internal Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N. Y.This investigation was supported by research grant RH 00210, National Center for Radiological Health, and endocrinology training grant TI AM 5022, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ralph A. Pincus, M.D., 797 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 14620. 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