[Oradlist] FW: RadSafe Digest, Vol 409, Issue 1
Gibbs, S Julian
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Wed Sep 15 14:07:21 PDT 2010
>From radiation safety listserver.
See especially message #3.
Julian
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Books (John Grant)
2. Health Physicist Position University of Utah (Karen Langley)
3. Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second
cancers in atomic bomb survivors (ROY HERREN)
4. Re: Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second
cancers in atomic bomb survivors (McClung, Danny)
5. Re: Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second
cancers in atomic bomb survivors (McClung, Danny)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:21:05 -0700
From: John Grant <grantjoh at pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Books
To: "The International Radiation Protection \(Health Physics\) Mailing
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The books arrived today in good condition. Thanks.
The payment is on its way.
John Grant
On Sep 2, 2010, at 4:08 AM, Sam Iverstine wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> I'm moving in a couple of weeks to Hanford and would like to send
> you these
> books. You want them for $40 shipped? There are others interested
> in individual
> books but I'd prefer to send you all.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
> Sam Iverstine, MS, CHP
> Board Certified and Licensed Consultant Physicist
> 12320 SW 194th St
> Miami, FL 33177
> 305 282 7840
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: John Grant <grantjoh at pacbell.net>
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
> List
> <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
> Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 12:38:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Books
>
> All 5 sound interesting What do you want for them?
>
> John Grant
> Palo Alto, CA.
>
> On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Sam Iverstine wrote:
>
>> I have these books I wish to get rid of. Please email me if
>> interested.
>>
>> (1) Nuclear America
>> (2) Critical Mass
>> (3) Triple Cross (Great documentary about Isreal's nuclear weapons!)
>> (4) Three Mile Island
>> (5) Enviromental Statement, Sundesert Nuclear Plant, San Diego
>> Sam Iverstine, MS, CHP
>> Board Certified and Licensed Consultant Physicist
>> Miami, FL
>>
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:49:34 -0600
From: Karen Langley <karen at rso.utah.edu>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Health Physicist Position University of Utah
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We are anticipating new health physicist and radiation analyst (technologist) positions to be approved momentarily to catch up with our continued growth. This opening, however, is to fill an existing Health Physicist's position who will be leaving to take a new opportunity.
The University of Utah is a major university which includes a School of Medicine, University Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Clinics, radiopharmacy serving regional clients, a PET Cyclotron, TRIGA research reactor and numerous research laboratories. The successful candidate must have the ability to work independently, be accountable and possess self motivation. Responsibilities will include operational health physics, administrative oversight of individual programs as delegated by the Radiation Safety Officer and development and implementation of radiation safety programs as needed or required by institutional committees or regulatory agencies.
Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in health physics, engineering, physical science, geological science plus six years of professional experience in health physics with at least three years in an area of health physics or equivalency. Demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills required. Considerable knowledge of the operation/calibration of radiation detection instrumentation and health physics principles and practices are necessary.
Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree in health physics, or related field; experience in an institutional radiation safety program and administrative experience; ABHP certification.
To view the posting and apply on-line go to: http://www.hr.utah.edu/careers/
Health Physicist: Job #41742:
Karen Langley, MS
Radiation Safety Officer, Director
University of Utah
Radiological Health Department
75 S 2000 E
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
(801)581-6141, Fax 581-4206
Karen at rso.utah.edu<mailto:Karen at rso.utah.edu>
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:44:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first
and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
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Public release date: 15-Sep-2010
Contact: Kristen Woodward
kwoodwar at fhcrc.org
206-667-5095
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb
survivors
First large-scale study to assess how radiation influences risk of multiple
cancers
SEATTLE ? It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple harmful
effects ? including causing cancer ? but until now, it has been unclear to what
extent such exposure increases a person's risk of developing more than one
cancer.
The first large-scale study of the relationship between radiation dose and risk
of multiple cancers among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
reveals a similar risk in the development of first and second subsequent
cancers.
Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center led the study in collaboration with investigators at the
Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the National
Cancer Institute. The results appear in the Sept. 15 issue of Cancer Research.
"We found that radiation exposure increased the risks of first and second
cancers to a similar degree," said first author Li, a breast cancer
epidemiologist and member of the Public Health Sciences Division at the
Hutchinson Center. "People exposed to radiation who developed cancer also had a
high risk of developing a second cancer, and the risk was similar for both solid
tumors and leukemias in both men and women, regardless of age at exposure or
duration between first and second primary cancers," he said.
The association between radiation exposure and risk of second cancers was
particularly significant for radiation-sensitive cancers, such as those of the
lung, colon, breast, thyroid and bladder, as well as leukemia.
For the study, the researchers analyzed data from participants in the Life Span
Study, a group of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who were
followed from 1950, five years after the bombings, to 2002, the most recent year
through which Hiroshima and Nagasaki cancer registry data were complete. The
study followed 10,031 primary cancer survivors, among whom 1,088 went on to
develop second primary cancers.
Stomach, lung, liver and female breast cancers were the most commonly diagnosed
first and second primary cancers.
"Our findings suggest that cancer survivors with a history of radiation exposure
should continue to be carefully monitored for second cancers," Li said.
In addition to clinical implications for cancer patients and others exposed to
significant amounts of radiation, such research is essential to developing
radiation protection limits and standards for occupational exposures, as well as
planning for the consequences of widespread radiation exposure in the general
population in the event of a nuclear accident, nuclear war or "dirty bomb"
terrorist attack.
"We greatly appreciate having the opportunity to conduct this unique research
with our Japanese colleagues who, through innumerable publications, have truly
transformed the tragedy of the atomic bombings to fundamental scientific
advancements that have impacted radiation protection standards and policies
worldwide," Li said.
###
The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) in Japan is a private,
nonprofit foundation funded by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and
Welfare and the U.S. Department of Energy through the National Academy of
Sciences. RERF funded this research along with the National Cancer Institute and
the National Institutes of Health Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, our interdisciplinary teams of
world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent, diagnose
and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Our researchers, including three
Nobel laureates, bring a relentless pursuit and passion for health, knowledge
and hope to their work and to the world. www.fhcrc.org
________________________________
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:41:20 -0400
From: "McClung, Danny" <Danny.McClung2 at va.gov>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radiation exposure poses similar risk of
first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
To: "The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics)
MailingList" <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>,
<radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
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Not surprising that about 10% of survivors might develop a second
malignancy. They were more susceptible in the first place.
It is also interesting to me that they find the study results useful in
the event of a radiological terrorist attack. Those terrorists had
better have some real good lawyers!
Dan
Danny K. McClung, BS, RRPT
Health Physics Consultant
Department of Veterans Affairs
-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:45 AM
To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first
andsecond cancers in atomic bomb survivors
Public release date: 15-Sep-2010
Contact: Kristen Woodward
kwoodwar at fhcrc.org
206-667-5095
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in
atomic bomb
survivors
First large-scale study to assess how radiation influences risk of
multiple
cancers
SEATTLE - It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple
harmful
effects - including causing cancer - but until now, it has been unclear
to what
extent such exposure increases a person's risk of developing more than
one
cancer.
The first large-scale study of the relationship between radiation dose
and risk
of multiple cancers among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan
reveals a similar risk in the development of first and second subsequent
cancers.
Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center led the study in collaboration with investigators at the
Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the
National
Cancer Institute. The results appear in the Sept. 15 issue of Cancer
Research.
"We found that radiation exposure increased the risks of first and
second
cancers to a similar degree," said first author Li, a breast cancer
epidemiologist and member of the Public Health Sciences Division at the
Hutchinson Center. "People exposed to radiation who developed cancer
also had a
high risk of developing a second cancer, and the risk was similar for
both solid
tumors and leukemias in both men and women, regardless of age at
exposure or
duration between first and second primary cancers," he said.
The association between radiation exposure and risk of second cancers
was
particularly significant for radiation-sensitive cancers, such as those
of the
lung, colon, breast, thyroid and bladder, as well as leukemia.
For the study, the researchers analyzed data from participants in the
Life Span
Study, a group of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who
were
followed from 1950, five years after the bombings, to 2002, the most
recent year
through which Hiroshima and Nagasaki cancer registry data were complete.
The
study followed 10,031 primary cancer survivors, among whom 1,088 went on
to
develop second primary cancers.
Stomach, lung, liver and female breast cancers were the most commonly
diagnosed
first and second primary cancers.
"Our findings suggest that cancer survivors with a history of radiation
exposure
should continue to be carefully monitored for second cancers," Li said.
In addition to clinical implications for cancer patients and others
exposed to
significant amounts of radiation, such research is essential to
developing
radiation protection limits and standards for occupational exposures, as
well as
planning for the consequences of widespread radiation exposure in the
general
population in the event of a nuclear accident, nuclear war or "dirty
bomb"
terrorist attack.
"We greatly appreciate having the opportunity to conduct this unique
research
with our Japanese colleagues who, through innumerable publications, have
truly
transformed the tragedy of the atomic bombings to fundamental scientific
advancements that have impacted radiation protection standards and
policies
worldwide," Li said.
###
The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) in Japan is a private,
nonprofit foundation funded by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour
and
Welfare and the U.S. Department of Energy through the National Academy
of
Sciences. RERF funded this research along with the National Cancer
Institute and
the National Institutes of Health Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics.
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, our interdisciplinary teams
of
world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent,
diagnose
and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Our researchers,
including three
Nobel laureates, bring a relentless pursuit and passion for health,
knowledge
and hope to their work and to the world. www.fhcrc.org
________________________________
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:41:20 -0400
From: "McClung, Danny" <Danny.McClung2 at va.gov>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radiation exposure poses similar risk of
first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
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Not surprising that about 10% of survivors might develop a second
malignancy. They were more susceptible in the first place.
It is also interesting to me that they find the study results useful in
the event of a radiological terrorist attack. Those terrorists had
better have some real good lawyers!
Dan
Danny K. McClung, BS, RRPT
Health Physics Consultant
Department of Veterans Affairs
-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:45 AM
To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first
andsecond cancers in atomic bomb survivors
Public release date: 15-Sep-2010
Contact: Kristen Woodward
kwoodwar at fhcrc.org
206-667-5095
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in
atomic bomb
survivors
First large-scale study to assess how radiation influences risk of
multiple
cancers
SEATTLE - It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple
harmful
effects - including causing cancer - but until now, it has been unclear
to what
extent such exposure increases a person's risk of developing more than
one
cancer.
The first large-scale study of the relationship between radiation dose
and risk
of multiple cancers among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan
reveals a similar risk in the development of first and second subsequent
cancers.
Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center led the study in collaboration with investigators at the
Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the
National
Cancer Institute. The results appear in the Sept. 15 issue of Cancer
Research.
"We found that radiation exposure increased the risks of first and
second
cancers to a similar degree," said first author Li, a breast cancer
epidemiologist and member of the Public Health Sciences Division at the
Hutchinson Center. "People exposed to radiation who developed cancer
also had a
high risk of developing a second cancer, and the risk was similar for
both solid
tumors and leukemias in both men and women, regardless of age at
exposure or
duration between first and second primary cancers," he said.
The association between radiation exposure and risk of second cancers
was
particularly significant for radiation-sensitive cancers, such as those
of the
lung, colon, breast, thyroid and bladder, as well as leukemia.
For the study, the researchers analyzed data from participants in the
Life Span
Study, a group of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who
were
followed from 1950, five years after the bombings, to 2002, the most
recent year
through which Hiroshima and Nagasaki cancer registry data were complete.
The
study followed 10,031 primary cancer survivors, among whom 1,088 went on
to
develop second primary cancers.
Stomach, lung, liver and female breast cancers were the most commonly
diagnosed
first and second primary cancers.
"Our findings suggest that cancer survivors with a history of radiation
exposure
should continue to be carefully monitored for second cancers," Li said.
In addition to clinical implications for cancer patients and others
exposed to
significant amounts of radiation, such research is essential to
developing
radiation protection limits and standards for occupational exposures, as
well as
planning for the consequences of widespread radiation exposure in the
general
population in the event of a nuclear accident, nuclear war or "dirty
bomb"
terrorist attack.
"We greatly appreciate having the opportunity to conduct this unique
research
with our Japanese colleagues who, through innumerable publications, have
truly
transformed the tragedy of the atomic bombings to fundamental scientific
advancements that have impacted radiation protection standards and
policies
worldwide," Li said.
###
The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) in Japan is a private,
nonprofit foundation funded by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour
and
Welfare and the U.S. Department of Energy through the National Academy
of
Sciences. RERF funded this research along with the National Cancer
Institute and
the National Institutes of Health Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics.
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, our interdisciplinary teams
of
world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent,
diagnose
and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Our researchers,
including three
Nobel laureates, bring a relentless pursuit and passion for health,
knowledge
and hope to their work and to the world. www.fhcrc.org
________________________________
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