Cancer caused by radioactive gold rings.

EM Callary - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1989 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
wo recent incidents of skin cancer caused by radioac-tively contaminated gold rings were
brought to the attention of the Bureau of Radiation and Medical Devices, Department of …

Radioactive gold ring dermatitis

RAW Miller, JE Aldrich - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1990 - Elsevier
A superficial squamous cell carcinoma developed in a woman who wore a radioactive gold
ring for more than 30 years. Only part of the ring was radioactive. Radiation dose …

Health effects associated with exposure to radioactively contaminated gold rings

MS Baptiste, R Rothenberg, PC Nasca… - Journal of the American …, 1984 - Elsevier
This study was designed to assess the health risks associated with exposure to radioactively
contaminated gold rings. A group of 135 exposed individuals, who were identified through a …

Radiodermatitis caused by a radioactive gold ring

RA Leone - JAMA, 1968 - jamanetwork.com
Radiodermatitis Caused by a Radioactive Gold Ring Page 1 Myo-, Myelo In the clinical note
titled "An Unusual Case of Sciatic Nerve Paralysis," published Sept 2 (205:699-700), the term …

Radiation keratosis associated with exposure to a gold ring.

KF Helm, JM McAllister, F Helm - Cutis, 1996 - europepmc.org
A radiation keratosis occurred in a woman who wore a radioactive gold ring forty-three years
ago. Clinicians should be aware that not all" warty lesions" on the hands are actinic …

Radioactive material an industrial hazard?

FB Flinn - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1926 - jamanetwork.com
In 1923, the attention of the United States Radium Corporation was called to the possible
existence of an industrial hazard in its plant at Orange, NJ, by the statements of a dentist …

Dose perturbation resulting from gold fillings in patients with head and neck cancers

V Thambi, AK Murthy, G Alder, PK Kartha - International Journal of …, 1979 - Elsevier
Among patients who are being treated for head and neck cancers, those with gold-filled
teeth have earlier acute radiation reactions in the lateral surface of the tongue and buccal …

Radon seed implants: Residual radioactivity after 33 years

N Goldstein - Archives of Dermatology, 1975 - jamanetwork.com
Radon seeds, formerly used for vascular and neoplastic tumors, acne, and other
dermatological disorders, are rarely, if ever, used today. Because the half-life of radon is …

A skin cancer following exposure to radium

WJ MacNEAL, GS WILLIS - Journal of the American Medical …, 1923 - jamanetwork.com
The patient, GSW, 1 who was born, Oct. 12, 1876, had attained the age of 46 years in 1922.
His father, a physician, died in 1898 at the age of 64, from prostatic hypertrophy complicated …

Radiogold seeds in clinical radiation therapy

UK Henschke, AG James, WG Myers - Radiology, 1954 - pubs.rsna.org
During the first year of application of seeds containing radioactive gold 198 (1–7) in clinical
radiation therapy at the Ohio State University Medical Center, 100 patients were treated with …