Radiation exposure and familial aggregation of cancers as risk factors for colorectal cancer after radioiodine treatment for thyroid carcinoma

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
9872360	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2005	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Conclusions: The role of familial background in the risk of colorectal cancer following a differentiated thyroid carcinoma appears to increase with the radiation dose delivered to the colon and rectum. However, the study population was small and no interaction was found between these two factors.

Keywords

Epidemiology Familial aggregation Thyroid cancer Second primary cancer Colorectal cancer Radiation exposure Case-control study

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Radiation exposure and familial aggregation of cancers as risk factors for colorectal cancer after radioiodine treatment for thyroid carcinoma

Authors

Carole M.D., Ph.D., Elisabeth Ph.D., Françoise Ph.D., Akhtar Ph.D., Tahaa Moncef M.D., Bernard M.D., Marc Ph.D., Claudia M.D., Claire M.D., Stéphane M.D., Christiane B.Sc., Marcel Ph.D., Martin M.D., Florent Ph.D.,