Risks of leukemia, intracranial tumours and lymphomas in childhood and early adulthood after pediatric radiation exposure from computed tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children are more susceptible to radiation-induced damage than adults, but little research has compared the risk of cancer after exposure to radiation during computed tomography (CT) among children at different ages. We aimed to explore the risk of intracranial tumours, leukemia or lymphoma among children, adolescents and young adults (aged < 25 yr) after radiation exposure from CT at or before the age of 18 years.

Methods

We conducted a nested, population-based case-control study using data from Taiwan's publicly funded health care system. We identified participants younger than 25 years with newly diagnosed intracranial tumours, leukemia or lymphoma, from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2013. We assigned 10 non-cancer controls for each case, matching by sex, date of b

SUBMITTER: Wang WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10125186 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature