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Bosch de Basea Gomez M, Thierry-Chef I, Harbron R, Hauptmann M, Byrnes G, Bernier MO, Le Cornet L, Dabin J, Ferro G, Istad TS, Jahnen A, Lee C, Maccia C, Malchair F, Olerud H, Simon SL, Figuerola J, Peiro A, Engels H, Johansen C, Blettner M, Kaijser M, Kjaerheim K, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Journy N, Meulepas JM, Moissonnier M, Nordenskjold A, Pokora R, Ronckers C, Schüz J, Kesminiene A, Cardis E. Risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children, adolescents and young adults. Nat Med 2023; 29:3111-3119. [PMID: 37946058 PMCID: PMC10719096 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02620-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
Over one million European children undergo computed tomography (CT) scans annually. Although moderate- to high-dose ionizing radiation exposure is an established risk factor for hematological malignancies, risks at CT examination dose levels remain uncertain. Here we followed up a multinational cohort (EPI-CT) of 948,174 individuals who underwent CT examinations before age 22 years in nine European countries. Radiation doses to the active bone marrow were estimated on the basis of body part scanned, patient characteristics, time period and inferred CT technical parameters. We found an association between cumulative dose and risk of all hematological malignancies, with an excess relative risk of 1.96 (95% confidence interval 1.10 to 3.12) per 100 mGy (790 cases). Similar estimates were obtained for lymphoid and myeloid malignancies. Results suggest that for every 10,000 children examined today (mean dose 8 mGy), 1-2 persons are expected to develop a hematological malignancy attributable to radiation exposure in the subsequent 12 years. Our results strengthen the body of evidence of increased cancer risk at low radiation doses and highlight the need for continued justification of pediatric CT examinations and optimization of doses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Magda Bosch de Basea Gomez
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Registry Research, Brandenburg Medical School, Neuruppin, Germany
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Oslo, Norway
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Centre d'Assurance de qualité des Applications Technologiques dans le domaine de la Santé (CAATS), Sèvres, France
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- Centre d'Assurance de qualité des Applications Technologiques dans le domaine de la Santé (CAATS), Sèvres, France
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- Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås, Norway
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium
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- Cancer Late Effect Research Oncology Clinic (CASTLE), Center for Surgery and Cancer, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
- Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
- French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) Unit 1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Paris Saclay University, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Registry Research, Brandenburg Medical School, Neuruppin, Germany
- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain.
- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.
- Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Schmitz-Feuerhake I, Frentzel-Beyme R, Wolff R. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas and ionizing radiation: case report and review of the literature. Ann Hematol 2021. [PMID: 34881390 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-021-04729-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) increased continuously since the last century in developed countries. While they are considered as disease in elder ages, a remarkable increasing incidence is also observed in German children and juveniles. The higher rates are interpreted by the changes in classification because diseases such as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia were also identified as NHL. Considerable rates of NHL were found in nuclear workers and liquidators of Chernobyl, i.e. in cases of low-dose chronical exposures. In Germany, we noticed three workers who developed NHL after decontamination of nuclear facilities. The bone marrow is generally considered as target organ for ionizing radiation, but NHL is obviously induced in the whole pool of lymphocytes. Therefore, the dosimetry in cases of typical occupational external and internal exposure must be revised. A high radiation sensitivity for NHL is a possible suspect and likely reason which may partly explain the continuous rise of the diseases in populations underlying the current increases of medical diagnostic exposure. NHL is also induced in children and juveniles with a history of diagnostic X-rays.
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Abalo KD, Malekzadeh-Milani S, Hascoët S, Dreuil S, Feuillet T, Cohen S, Dauphin C, Filippo SD, Douchin S, Godart F, Guérin P, Helms P, Karsenty C, Lefort B, Mauran P, Ovaert C, Piéchaud JF, Thambo JB, Leuraud K, Bonnet D, Bernier MO, Rage E. Exposure to low-dose ionising radiation from cardiac catheterisation and risk of cancer: the COCCINELLE study cohort profile. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e048576. [PMID: 34344681 PMCID: PMC8336117 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The COCCINELLE study is a nationwide retrospective French cohort set up to evaluate the risk of cancer in patients who undergone cardiac catheterisation (CC) procedures for diagnosis or treatment of congenital heart disease during childhood. PARTICIPANTS Children who undergone CC procedures from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2013, before the age of 16 in one of the 15 paediatric cardiology departments which perform paediatric CC in mainland France were included. The follow-up started at the date of the first recorded CC procedure until the exit date, that is, the date of death, the date of first cancer diagnosis, the date of the 18th birthday or the 31 December 2015, whichever occurred first. The cohort was linked to the National Childhood Cancer Registry to identify patients diagnosed with cancer and with the French National Directory for the Identification of Natural Persons to retrieve the patients' vital status. FINDINGS TO DATE A total of 17 104 children were included in the cohort and followed for 110 335 person-years, with 22 227 CC procedures collected. Among the patients, 81.6% received only one procedure. Fifty-nine cancer cases were observed in the cohort. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) were increased for all-cancer (SIR=3.8, 95% CI: 2.9 to 4.9), leukaemia (SIR=3.3, 95% CI: 2.0 to 5.4), lymphoma (SIR=14.9, 95% CI: 9.9 to 22.5) and solid cancers excluding central nervous system (CNS) tumours (SIR=3.3, 95% CI: 2.0 to 5.5) compared with the general population. FUTURE PLANS Dose reconstruction is currently underway to estimate individual cumulative doses absorbed to relevant organs, including red bone marrow and brain for respectively haematologic disorders and CNS tumours risk estimation. A dose-response analysis will be conducted with consideration to confounding factors such as age at exposure, gender, predisposing factors to cancer and other sources of medical diagnostic low-dose ionising radiation.
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- Kossi Dovene Abalo
- PSE-SANTE/SESANE/Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, Île-de-France, France
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- Department of Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology, Necker-Sick Children University Hospital, M3C-Necker, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Department, M3C Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, National Reference Centre, Groupe Hospitalier Saint-Joseph, Paris Saclay University, Plessis-Robinson, France
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- PSE-SANTE/SER/UEM, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, Île-de-France, France
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- Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Department, M3C Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, National Reference Centre, Groupe Hospitalier Saint-Joseph, Paris Saclay University, Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Cardiology and Vascular Department, Hopital Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Paediatric and Congential Cardiology Department, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Cardiopédiatrie, Hôpital couple enfant, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble cedex 9, France, Grenoble, France
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- Service de Cardiologie Infantile et Congénitale, Institut Cœur Poumon, Lille Cedex, Lille, France
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- Clinique Cardiologique et des Maladies Vasculaires, CIC 1413, Institut du Thorax, Cardiopédiatrie, CHU Nantes, INSERM, Nantes Université, Nantes, France
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- Unit of Cardiopediatrics, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Children's Hospital and INSERM U1048, I2MC, Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Institut des Cardiopathies Congénitales, CHRU Tours, Tours, France
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- Unité de cardiologie pédiatrique et congénitale, American Memorial Hospital, CHU de Reims, 47 rue Cognacq-Jay, Reims Cedex, Reims, France
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- Cardiologie pédiatrique et congénitale, Timone enfants, AP-HM et INSERM 1251, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Institut Hospitalier Jacques-Cartier, Massy, France
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- Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology, Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Bordeaux, France
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- PSE-SANTE/SESANE/Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, Île-de-France, France
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- Department of Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology, Necker-Sick Children University Hospital, M3C-Necker, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- PSE-SANTE/SESANE/Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, Île-de-France, France
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- PSE-SANTE/SESANE/Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, Île-de-France, France
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The ability of ionising radiation to induce lymphoma is unclear. Here, we present a narrative review of epidemiological evidence of the risk of lymphoma, including chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and multiple myeloma (MM), among various exposed populations including atomic bombing survivors, industrial and medical radiation workers, and individuals exposed for medical purposes. Overall, there is a suggestion of a positive dose-dependent association between radiation exposure and lymphoma. The magnitude of this association is highly imprecise, however, with wide confidence intervals frequently including zero risk. External comparisons tend to show similar incidence and mortality rates to the general population. Currently, there is insufficient information on the impact of age at exposure, high versus low linear energy transfer radiation, external versus internal or acute versus chronic exposures. Associations are stronger for males than females, and stronger for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and MM than for Hodgkin lymphoma, while the risk of radiation-induced CLL may be non-existent. This broad grouping of diverse diseases could potentially obscure stronger associations for certain subtypes, each with a different cell of origin. Additionally, the classification of malignancies as leukaemia or lymphoma may result in similar diseases being analysed separately, while distinct diseases are analysed in the same category. Uncertainty in cell of origin means the appropriate organ for dose response analysis is unclear. Further uncertainties arise from potential confounding or bias due to infectious causes and immunosuppression. The potential interaction between radiation and other risk factors is unknown. Combined, these uncertainties make lymphoma perhaps the most challenging malignancy to study in radiation epidemiology.
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- Richard W Harbron
- Population Health Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Huang R, Liu X, He L, Zhou PK. Radiation Exposure Associated With Computed Tomography in Childhood and the Subsequent Risk of Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies. Dose Response 2020; 18:1559325820923828. [PMID: 32425727 PMCID: PMC7218306 DOI: 10.1177/1559325820923828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background: Computed tomography (CT) is used worldwide; however, recent studies suggest that CT radiation exposure during childhood may be a risk factor for cancer, although the data are inconsistent. Methods: A comprehensive search of electronic databases including PubMed, SpringerLink, Embase, Cochrane Library, Elsevier/ScienceDirect, Medline, Orbis, and Web of Science databases from January 1990 to November 2018 for observational epidemiologic studies reporting associations between radiation exposure from CT in childhood and the subsequent risk of cancer was conducted. A linear model was used to explore the dose–response relationship. Results: Seven studies with 1180 987 children enrolled were included. The risk of later cancer was 1.32-fold higher for children exposed to CT than those without exposure. Compared to those not exposed to pediatric CT, the relative risk (RRs) were larger for the higher doses but with wider CIs (RR for 5-10 mGy: 0.90, 95% CI: 0.69-1.12; RR for 10-15 mGy: 1.02, 95% CI: 0.86-1.18; RR for >15 mGy: 1.13, 95% CI: 0.97-1.30), the leukemia risk was higher in exposed children (RR: 1.23, 95% CI: 1.10-1.36), and brain cancer risk was higher in exposed children (RR: 1.54, 95% CI: 0.84-2.45). Conclusions: Our analysis suggested that radiation exposure from CT during childhood is associated with a subsequently elevated risk of cancer. However, caution is needed when interpreting these results because of the heterogeneity among the studies. The findings should be confirmed in further studies with longer follow-up periods.
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- Ruixue Huang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Xiangya School of Public Heath, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, AMMS, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Xiangya School of Public Heath, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, AMMS, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Harbron RW, Chapple CL, O'Sullivan JJ, Lee C, McHugh K, Higueras M, Pearce MS. Cancer incidence among children and young adults who have undergone x-ray guided cardiac catheterization procedures. Eur J Epidemiol 2018; 33:393-401. [PMID: 29349586 PMCID: PMC5945801 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-018-0357-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Children and young adults with heart disease appear to be at increased risk of developing cancer, although the reasons for this are unclear. A cohort of 11,270 individuals, who underwent cardiac catheterizations while aged ≤ 22 years in the UK, was established from hospital records. Radiation doses from cardiac catheterizations and CT scans were estimated. The cohort was matched with the NHS Central Register and NHS Transplant Registry to determine cancer incidence and transplantation status. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) with associated confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. The excess relative risk (ERR) of lymphohaematopoietic neoplasia was also calculated using Poisson regression. The SIR was raised for all malignancies (2.32, 95% CI 1.65, 3.17), lymphoma (8.34, 95% CI 5.22, 12.61) and leukaemia (2.11, 95% CI 0.82, 4.42). After censoring transplant recipients, post-transplant, the SIR was reduced to 0.90 (95% CI 0.49, 1.49) for all malignancies. All lymphomas developed post-transplant. The SIR for all malignancies developing 5 years from the first cardiac catheterization (2 years for leukaemia/lymphoma) remained raised (3.01, 95% CI 2.09, 4.19) but was again reduced after censoring transplant recipients (0.98, 95% CI 0.48, 1.77). The ERR per mGy bone marrow dose for lymphohaematopoietic neoplasia was reduced from 0.541 (95% CI 0.104, 1.807) to 0.018 (95% CI − 0.002, 0.096) where transplantation status was accounted for as a time-dependent background risk factor. In conclusion, transplantation appears to be a large contributor to elevated cancer rates in this patient group. This is likely to be mainly due to associated immunosuppression, however, radiation exposure may also be a contributing factor.
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- Richard W Harbron
- Institute of Health and Society, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK. .,NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK.
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- Regional Medical Physics Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Radiology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Institute of Health and Society, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK.,NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK.,Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Alameda de Mazarredo, 14, 48009, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- Institute of Health and Society, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK.,NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
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