Risk of childhood cancer from fetal irradiation.

British Journal of Radiology - Tập 70 Số 830 - Trang 130-139 - 1997
Richard Doll1, Richard Wakeford2
1Imperial Cancer Research Fund Cancer Studies Unit, Harkness Building, Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford OX2 6HE
2British Nuclear Fuels plc, Risley, Warrington WA3 6AS, UK

Tóm tắt

The association between the low dose of ionizing radiation received by the fetus in utero from diagnostic radiography, particularly in the last trimester of pregnancy, and the subsequent risk of cancer in childhood provides direct evidence against the existence of a threshold dose below which no excess risk arises, and has led to changes in medical practice. Initially reported in 1956, a consistent association has been found in many case-control studies in different countries. The excess relative risk obtained from combining the results of these studies has high statistical significance and suggests that, in the past, a radiographic examination of the abdomen of a pregnant woman produced a proportional increase in risk of about 40%. A corresponding causal relationship is not universally accepted and this interpretation has been challenged on four grounds. On review, the evidence against bias and confounding as alternative explanations for the association is strong. Scrutiny of the objections to causality suggests that they are not, or may not be, valid. A causal explanation is supported by evidence indicating an appropriate dose-response relationship and by animal experiments. It is concluded that radiation doses of the order of 10 mGy received by the fetus in utero produce a consequent increase in the risk of childhood cancer. The excess absolute risk coefficient at this level of exposure is approximately 6% per gray, although the exact value of this risk coefficient remains uncertain.

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British Journal of Radiology

Tập 70 Số 830

130-139

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