[ RadSafe ] woman died from the effects of radiation therapymore than 30 years after the treatment cured her

[Fred Dawson]

No radiation die quickly of the cancer

Treat with radiation:
Therefore despite the side effects of the radiation this patient benefited 
by having many more years of life

Its a good news story

Fred Dawson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <wwebber2004 at comcast.net>
To: "Ivor Surveyor" <isurveyor at vianet.net.au>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] woman died from the effects of radiation 
therapymore than 30 years after the treatment cured her


> Look this is very simple:
> 1. The person was exposed to radiation.
> 2. The person died.
> 3. Therefor the radiation caused the death.
> 4. Those persons who caused her death by exposing her to radiation must 
> pay.
> 5. End of story.
>
> Ivor Surveyor wrote:
>>  I find it hard to understand the sequence in this case as described in 
>> TIMESonline.
>> A woman aged 69 dies from a haemorrhage site and (cause not stated).
>>
>> I would suggest most likely a cerebral haemorrhage because of the 
>> statement of a semi-paralysed arm.
>>
>> Another possible site for a massive and or fatal bleed is the 
>> gastro-intestinal tract.  In the case of the GI tract several pathologies 
>> are possible such as neoplasm, peptic ulcer disease, oesophageal varicose 
>> disease and so on.
>>
>> Again it is not clear why an arm amputation was required.
>>
>> If the bleed was from a second tumour, then this may be a consequence of 
>> previous treatment, or it my have its origin in a genetic mechanism 
>> common to both the first and second tumour.  An infective agent, may have 
>> been active in one or other tumour or both.  Most likely by far, is that 
>> the actual cause for this ladies breast cancer and ?second neoplasm is 
>> just unknown.
>>
>> Skin scarring from radiotherapy especially in days gone by could be 
>> extensive and was common.  Again it is not clear to me what is the 
>> relevance of scarring to the fatal haemorrhage.
>>
>> Of course if the cause of bleeding was the consequence of a non cancer 
>> disease.  Other risk factors such as smoking, blood lipid levels, alcohol 
>> in respect to liver disease and portal hypertension, systemic 
>> hypertension and so on have to be reviewed.
>>
>> It would be very helpful if the detailed medical evidence was included in 
>> the TIMESonline report with the arguments advanced by the oncologist.
>>
>> Ivor Surveyor, MD (Brist), FRACP, FRCP
>> Emeritus Consultant Physician, Nuclear Medicine,
>>
>>
>> [isurveyor at vianet.net.au]
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