TY  - JOUR
T1  - RAdiation therapy and leukemia
AU  - Tainter EG
Y1  - 1959/04/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1959.03000320091023
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1789
EP  - 1789
VL  - 169
IS  - 15
N2  - To the Editor:— 
    The diagnostic problem in The Journal (169:136-142 [Jan. 10] 1959) is an excellent presentation, and the conclusion reached by the authors seems reasonable and correct. The data from which these conclusions are reached, however, are inadequate—particularly the statement that the development of leukemia was the result of radiation therapy, which in one place was said to be intensive and in another place was simply mentioned as having been given. If radiation therapy is to blame for the development of this leukemia, it would seem logical that data be presented concerning the amounts of radiation given, areas treated, duration of time during which these treatments were administered, physical factors of the equipment used, and other necessary information so that one might arrive at a valid conclusion that excessive radiation therapy did lead to the end-result. Such loose reporting as appears in this article has been common in
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1959.03000320091023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03000320091023
ER  -