Ionizing radiation linked to BCC

SAN DIEGO – Patients treated with ionizing radiation were 2.65 to 3.78 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma than were controls, and exposure at younger ages or relatively high doses further increased that risk, according to a pooled analysis presented at the annual meeting of the...
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