Table 6.
Further details of studies examining cancer risk in children whose fathers were monitored for occupational exposure to ionising radiation
| Reference | Cancer type | No of cases
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No of controls
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitored | ⩾100mSv | Total | Monitored | ⩾100 mSv | Total | |||
| Gardner et al10 (1990, 1992) | Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 10 | 4 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 389 | |
| Leukaemia | 8 | 4 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 276 | ||
| Urquhart et al14 (1991) | Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Not reported | 0 | 12 | Not reported | 1 | 45 | |
| Roman et al16 (1993) | Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 3 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 324 | |
| McLaughlin et al (1993)45 | Leukaemia | 10 | 0 | 112 | 81 | 5 | 894 | |
| Draper et al22 total (total minus west Cumbrian cases) | All malignancies | 82 (73) | 6 (3 ) | 34 538 (34 510) | 79 (73) | 7 (6) | 36 912 (36 884) | |
| Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 49 (40) | 4 (1) | 13 649 (13 621) | 44 ( 38) | 5 (4) | 16 023 (15 995) | ||
| All other malignancies* | 33 (33) | 2 (2) | 20 889 (20 889) | 35 (35) | 2 (2) | 20 889 (20 889) | ||
| Present study total (total minus west Cumbrian cases) | All malignancies | 39 (29) | 6 (4) | 94 (74) | — | — | — | |
| Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 14 (10) | 3 (1) | 28 (20) | — | — | — | ||
| Leukaemia | 12 (9) | 3 (1) | 22 (17) | — | — | — | ||
| All other malignancies* | 25 (19) | 3 (3) | 66 (4) | — | — | — | ||
*
Excluding leukaemia and and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.