title: Dosimetry and radiation scattered to the thyroid gland from prophylactic cranial irradiation for childhood leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007938:Leukemia / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*