Table 2.

Initial reports of cancer and other adverse biologic and clinical effects in medical radiation workers

Authors, Year	Key reports of adverse biologic and clinical effects associated with medical radiation
Frieben, 1902	Cancer arising in skin ulcer
Rollins, 1901–04	Multiple health hazards of x-rays and need for radiation protection
Scott, 1911	X-ray dermatitis and fatal skin cancers
Von Jagic, 1911	Leukemia in five medical radiation workers
Henshaw and Hawkins, 1944	Increased occurrence of leukemia in radiologists
March, 1944; March, 1950; March, 1961	Higher proportionate mortality from leukemia in radiologists
Ulrich, 1946	Higher proportionate mortality from leukemia in radiologists
Lewis, 1963	Excess mortality from leukemia, aplastic anemia and multiple myeloma in radiologists compared with expected death rates in U.S. while male population of same age and year of death
Kitabatake T et al., 1976	Excess aplastic anemia in Japanese radiologic technologists compared with general population
Vañó et al., 1998	Cataracts in interventional radiologists
Finkelstein, 1998	Brain tumors in cardiologists performing interventional procedures: clinical reports
Wenzl, 2002	Brain tumors in physicians performing interventional radiology procedures: literature review

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