[ RadSafe ] X-rays linked to increased childhood leukemia risk

[sbalter at aol.com]

Just as a speculation:

The comparison is not a randomized trial.


Assume that the children's underlying disease (whether diagnosed or undiagnosed) brought them
to greater medical attention (including more procedures of all types) than the control population.

Steve Balter







-----Original Message-----
From: Cary Renquist <cary.renquist at ezag.com>
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] X-rays linked to increased childhood leukemia risk



ust as we get a little sanity with respect to immunizations, a new
ource of woo is going to be scaring parents into making poor
ecisions...
Seems rather irresponsible to publish this -- if what they are observing
as really caused by the x-rays, then there would likely be a major
pidemic of leukemia.  My guess for a culprit is the inflammation and
epair response involved in bone injuries or something along those
ines.
xtraordinary results require extraordinary evidence.
X-rays linked to increased childhood leukemia risk 
ttp://j.mp/gysNRq

.. Specifically, the researchers found that children with acute
ymphoid leukemia (ALL) had almost twice the chance of having been
xposed to three or more X-rays compared with children who did not have
eukemia. For B-cell ALL, even one X-ray was enough to moderately
ncrease the risk. The results differed slightly by the region of the
ody imaged, with a modest increase associated with chest X-rays. ...
Just checked, the paper is actually available for download:
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/current>

ary

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ary Renquist
renquist at isotopeproducts.com or cary.renquist at ezag.com
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