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CT scans in young people in Northern England: trends and patterns 1993–2002

Although CT can be greatly beneficial, its relatively high radiation doses have caused public health concerns.

Mark S. Pearce, Jane A. Salotti, Kieran McHugh, Wenhua Metcalf… in Pediatric Radiology (2011)

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Diagnostic X-ray examinations and increased chromosome translocations: evidence from three studies

Controversy regarding potential health risks from increased use of medical diagnostic radiologic examinations has come to public attention. We evaluated whether chromosome damage, specifically translocations, ...

Parveen Bhatti, Lee C. Yong, Michele M. Doody… in Radiation and Environmental Biophysics (2010)

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Leukemia incidence among people exposed to chronic radiation from the contaminated Techa River, 1953–2005

Beginning in 1950, people living on the banks of the Techa River received chronic low-dose-rate internal and external radiation exposures as a result of releases from the Mayak nuclear weapons plutonium produc...

Lyudmila Krestinina, Dale L. Preston… in Radiation and Environmental Biophysics (2010)

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The utilization of pediatric computed tomography in a large Israeli Health Maintenance Organization

Concern has been raised about the potential risks related to radiation exposure from CT scans, particularly among children. However, to date, there are few data available describing the magnitude of pediatric ...

Gabriel Chodick, Cécile Ronckers, Elaine Ron, Varda Shalev in Pediatric Radiology (2006)

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Thyroid cancer pooled analysis from 14 case–control studies: what have we learned?

Susan Preston-Martin, Silvia Franceschi, Elaine Ron, Eva Negri in Cancer Causes & Control (2003)

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A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer: cigarette smoking and consumption of alcohol, coffee, and tea

Objective: To analyze the role of smoking, alcohol, coffee and tea in relation to thyroid cancer, we conducted a pooled analysis of 14 case–control studies conducted in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Metho...

Wendy J. Mack, Susan Preston-Martin, Luigino Dal Maso… in Cancer Causes & Control (2003)

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Let's not relive the past: a review of cancer risk after diagnostic or therapeutic irradiation

Elaine Ron in Pediatric Radiology (2002)

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A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer. VII. Cruciferous and other vegetables (International)

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between cruciferous and other vegetables and thyroid cancer risk we systematically reanalyzed the original data from 11 case–control studies conducted in the US, Asia,...

Cristina Bosetti, Eva Negri, Laurence Kolonel, Elaine Ron… in Cancer Causes & Control (2002)

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Risk factors for medullary thyroid carcinoma: a pooled analysis

Objective: To investigate risk factors for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Methods: We conducted a pooled analysis of 14 case–control studies from Europe, North America, and Asia, including 67 medullary cancers ...

Eva Negri, Elaine Ron, Silvia Franceschi, Carlo La Vecchia… in Cancer Causes & Control (2002)

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Ionizing radiation and cancer risk: evidence from epidemiology

Elaine Ron in Pediatric Radiology (2002)

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A Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies of Thyroid Cancer. VI. Fish and Shellfish Consumption

Objective: To better understand the role of fish and shellfish on thyroid cancer risk, we systematically re-analyzed the original data from 13 case–control studies conducted in the US, Japan, China, and Europe.

Cristina Bosetti, Laurence Kolonel, Eva Negri, Elaine Ron… in Cancer Causes & Control (2001)

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A pooled analysis of thyroid cancer studies. V. Anthropometric factors

Objective: To assess the relation between anthropometric factors and thyroid cancer risk in a pooled analysis of individual data from 12 case–control studies conducted in the US, Japan, China and Europe.

Luigino Dal Maso, Carlo La Vecchia, Silvia Franceschi… in Cancer Causes & Control (2000)

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A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer. IV. Benign thyroid diseases

Objective: To obtain more precise estimates of the association between thyroid cancer and benign thyroid diseases and to elucidate the role of potential confounders or effect modifiers.

Silvia Franceschi, Susan Preston-Martin, Luigino Dal Maso… in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer¶ III. Oral contraceptives, menopausal replacement therapy and other female hormones

Objective: The relations between oral contraceptives (OC), hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause, and other female hormone use and thyroid cancer risk was analyzed using the original data from 13 stu...

Carlo La Vecchia, Elaine Ron, Silvia Franceschi… in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer ¶II. Menstrual and reproductive factors

Objective: It has been suggested that female hormones, and hence menstrual and reproductive factors, play a role in thyroid cancer etiology. Epidemiological data, however, are limited and inconsistent, partly ...

Eva Negri, Luigino Dal Maso, Elaine Ron, Carlo La Vecchia… in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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A pooled analysis of case-control studies of thyroid cancer¶ I. Methods

Objective: Because the etiology of thyroid cancer is not well described, we conducted a pooled analysis of all published case- control studies, as well as two identified unpublished studies. This paper describ...

Eva Negri, Elaine Ron, Silvia Franceschi, Luigino Dal Maso… in Cancer Causes & Control (1999)

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Skin tumor risk among atomic-bomb survivors in Japan

Objectives: Elevated risks of skin cancer following high doses of ionizing radiation have long been known. Recent reports on atomic-bomb survivors indicate that nonmelanoma skin cancer can be induced at low to...

Elaine Ron, Dale L. Preston, Kiyohiko Mabuchi, Shoji Tokuoka… in Cancer Causes & Control (1998)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Studies on Relatives of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Patients

Epidemiologic studies demonstrate that first degree relatives of sporadic colorectal cancer patients are at increased risk for the same neoplasm. Based on this, a prospective screening study demonstrated a 3-f...

Paul Rozen, Zvi Fireman, Elaine Ron in Hereditary Colorectal Cancer (1990)