Summary of entire Japanese Thorotrast follow-up study: Updated 1998

Authors
Mori, T Kido, C Fukutomi, K Kato, Y Hatakeyama, S Machinami, R Ishikawa, Y Kumatori, T Sasaki, F Hirota, Y Kiyosawa, K Hayashi, S Tanooka, H Sobue, T
Citation
T. Mori et al., Summary of entire Japanese Thorotrast follow-up study: Updated 1998, RADIAT RES, 152(6), 1999, pp. S84-S87
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
RADIATION RESEARCH
ISSN journal
00337587 → ACNP
Volume
152
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Supplement
S
Pages
S84 - S87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-7587(199912)152:6<S84:SOEJTF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Updated data from two series in a cancer mortality study for a total of 412 Japanese Thorotrast patients were combined. The rate ratio for all deaths of Thorotrast patients, compared to controls, started to increase after a l atent period of 20 years after injection of Thorotrast. Rate ratios for liv er cancer, liver cirrhosis, leukemia and lung cancer were 35.9, 6.9, 12.5 a nd 2.0 times higher, respectively, than those for controls. (C) 1999 by Rad iation Research Society.