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Cancer incidence among children and young adults who have undergone x-ray guided cardiac catheterization procedures

Children and young adults with heart disease appear to be at increased risk of developing cancer, although the reasons for this are unclear. A cohort of 11,270 individuals, who underwent cardiac catheterizations while aged ≤ 22 years in the UK, was established from hospital records. Radiation doses...

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Autores principales: Harbron, Richard W., Chapple, Claire-Louise, O’Sullivan, John J., Lee, Choonsik, McHugh, Kieran, Higueras, Manuel, Pearce, Mark S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5945801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-018-0357-0