From January 1 to September 30, 1974, we examined 1056 of 5266 subjects (20.1 per cent)
who had received therapeutic irradiation primarily for infections and inflammatory disease of …

The last decade has seen a remarkable increase in the recognition and understanding of
tumors resulting from childhood head and neck irradiation. The first suggestion in 1950 that …

To determine the incidence of benign thyroid nodules and the risk factors for their recurrence
after surgical removal, we followed 511 patients for 1 to 40.6 years (median, 11.2) after …

Of 5379 patients who had received radiation treatment at our institution for benign conditions
of the head and neck, 318 developed thyroid cancer 3 to 42 years later. We report follow-up …

External pituitary radiotherapy is sufficiently free of serious side effects to argue for it being a
first choice of treatment in acromegaly provided it is therapeutically effective. Of 28 …

The level of thyroglobulin in plasma was measured in 904 subjects with a history of head
and neck irradiation during childhood to evaluate its potential value in screening for and …

Thyroid images were obtained with 99mTc and 123I, using a scintillation camera and
pinhole collimator, from 85 patients selected from over 1,000 patients predisposed to the …

One hundred and eight cases of thyroid cancer have been discovered as a result of screening
1712 individuals from a well defined population known to be at high risk because of prior …

METHODS Two Nuclear-Chicago cameras were studied at Michael Reese Hospital. One was
7 years old and had been upgraded from Pho/Gamma II to Pho/Gamma III 3 years ago; the …

The quality of Tc-PP scans is best in younger patients. In all age groups quality is adversely
affected by free TcO 4 - . This should be suspected if excessive background is present or …