Overexpression of angiogenic growth factors, VEGF, PDGF, and bFGF in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the betel quid chewing prevalent area

Title: Overexpression of angiogenic growth factors, VEGF, PDGF, and bFGF in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the betel quid chewing prevalent area
Author: Chang, J.T. / Cheng, A.J. / Liao, C.T. / Wang, H.M. / Chen, I.H.

Reference: European Journal of Cancer, 37 (Supplement 6), p.S113, Apr 2001

doi: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)80902-3

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Abstract: …increases in the incidence of childhood thyroid cancer have occurred following the Chernobyl accident. Data from the Ukraine…radionuclides in the etiology of thyroid cancer. 498 Thyroid Carcinoma After Chernobyl D. Williams. University of Cambridge…

URL:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959804901809023

Radiation therapy in childhood cancer

Title: Radiation therapy in childhood cancer
Author: Ruble, Kathy / Kelly, Katherine Patterson

Reference: Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 15 (4), p.292-302, Nov 1999

doi: 10.1016/S0749-2081(99)80058-8

Keywords: childhood cancer,

Abstract: …FIGURE 1. Types of childhood cancer. Data from Gurney et al…nurses caring for children with cancer. In general, the degree of…is filled with reports from Chernobyl. Along a similar line, the…the treatment of child- hood cancer, more and more survivors are…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749208199800588

Radiation dose to the pancreas and risk of diabetes mellitus in childhood cancer survivors: a retrospective cohort study

Title: Radiation dose to the pancreas and risk of diabetes mellitus in childhood cancer survivors: a retrospective cohort study
Author: de Vathaire, Florent / El-Fayech, Chiraz / Ben Ayed, Faten Fedhila / Haddy, Nadia / Guibout, Catherine / Winter, David / Thomas-Teinturier, Cécile / (…) / Oberlin, Odile

Reference: The Lancet Oncology, 13 (10), p.1002-1010, Oct 2012

doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70323-6

Keywords: childhood cancer

Abstract: …We sent a questionnaire to 3468 survivors of a childhood cancer treated in eight centres in France and the UK between 1946 and 1985, of which 2520 were returned. Each self-declaration of diabetes was confirmed by contacting the patients’ medical doctors. We estimated the radiation dose received by the tail, head, and body of the pancreas and 185 other anatomical sites during each course of radiotherapy from 1990 to 1995 for each child after reconstruction of the conditions in which irradiation was delivered. We investigated the relation between radiation dose to the pancreas and the risk of a subsequent diabetes diagnosis….

…252·4) * Adjusted for age at cancer, calendar year at cancer, sex, chemotherapy…areas highly contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear…study, in a cohort of childhood cancer survivors…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470204512703236

Childhood Cancer

Title: Childhood Cancer

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Reference: [PDF-2MB]Mar 2011 America’s Children and the Environment, Third Edition
Keywords: childhood cancers

Abstract: …Other childhood cancers with identified associations to environmental contaminants include thyroid cancer, Wilms’ tumor (a type of kidney cancer), and Ewing’s sarcoma (a cancer of the bone or soft tissue). An increased risk of thyroid cancer in children has been linked to ionizing radiation exposure. Much of the evidence for this association comes from studies of individuals in areas with high ionizing radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl accident in eastern Europe….

URL: http://www.epa.gov/ace/ace3draft/draft_pdfs/ACE3ChildhoodCancerReviewPackage3-02-11.pdf