| Brain tumours among interventional cardiologists: a cause for alarm? Report of four new cases from two cities and a review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 22207231 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Aims: Interventional cardiologists who work in cardiac catheterisation laboratories are exposed to low doses of ionising radiation that could pose a health hazard. DNA damage is considered to be the main initiating event by which radiation damage to cells results in development of cancer. Methods and results: We report on four interventional cardiologists, all with brain malignancies in the left hemisphere. In a literature search, we found five additional cases and thus present data on six interventional cardiologist and three interventional radiologists who were diagnosed with brain tumours. All worked for prolonged periods with exposure to ionising radiation in the catheterisation laboratory. Conclusions: In interventional cardiologists and radiologists, the left side of the head is known to be more exposed to radiation than the right. A connection to occupational radiation exposure is biologically plausible, but risk assessment is difficult due to the small population of interventional cardiologists and the low incidence of these tumours. This may be a chance occurrence, but the cause may also be radiation exposure. Scientific study further delineating occupational risks is essential. Since interventional cardiologists have the highest radiation exposure among health professionals, major awareness of radiation safety and training in radiological protection are essential and imperative, and should be used in every procedure. |
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Ariel Roguin; Jacob Goldstein; Olivier Bar |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 7 ISSN: 1969-6213 ISO Abbreviation: EuroIntervention Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101251040 Medline TA: EuroIntervention Country: France |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1081-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Interventional Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. |
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