Radiation Treatment in Childhood Boosts Breast Cancer Risk

maize · July 2012

"Among the childhood cancer survivors, 24 percent were diagnosed with breast cancer by the time they were 50 years old. In addition, 30 percent who survived Hodgkin lymphoma developed breast cancer.

In comparison, the researchers noted that among women with the BRCA1 gene mutation - usually considered at high risk for breast cancer - 31 percent developed breast cancer by age 50.

Experts once thought that only moderate to high doses of radiation raised the risk for breast cancer, but this study shows that even those who got low doses face an increased risk."

http://www.utmbhealth.com/diw/Content.asp?PageID=DIW010478

luv_gardening · July 2012

My siblings and I used to use these shoe X-ray machines.

The shoe-fitting fluoroscope: a little known application of the X-ray

sam52 · July 2012

Oh yes, I remember those 'clever' machines...Clarks shoeshops had them and they were considered a really good idea to assure well-fitting shoes.Seems unbelievable now that no-one picked up on the radiation danger.

Oh my ......I was definitely exposed to some radiation every time I went for new shoes.

maize · July 2012

Geez, wonder what other types of exposures there have been! Thanks for the link!

luv_gardening · July 2012

Apparently the lead lining them wasn't overlapping at the edges and some radiation may have leaked, affecting sales people or parents standing next to them, including pregnant women's abdomens and men's gonads. Some unborn babies may have developed leukemia later as a result. I wonder if any leaks would have been at chest height of girls like I was?

maize · July 2012

Joy,

Wouldn't you think they'd have thought about the dangers of exposing people to that? I hope you didn't get much exposure.

ihatesnowihatesnow · July 2012

An unbelievable amount of radiation that people where subjected to http://www.stevequayle.com/ARAN/rad.conversion.html

http://www.calculator.org/property.aspx?name=radioactive+dose+equivalent

maize · July 2012

ihatesnowihatesnow,

Thanks for the link!

mermaid18 · September 2013

My mother used to tell me that she would get her feet x-rayed at the Buster Brown Shoe store every time she got a new pair of shoes.There was no other breast cancer on her side of the family, she was the first. She always wondered if that is what caused her cancer. She was diagnosed at age 45 with bilateral BC and died at age 50 in '91.

Radiation Treatment in Childhood Boosts Breast Cancer Risk

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