Table of Contents, "Radiation from Medical Procedures"

Radiation from Medical Procedures in the Pathogenesis of Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease
Dose-Response Studies with Physicians per 100,000 Population

SECTION ONE Orientation, Materials, Methods
	Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................	1
	Abstract .................................................................................................................................................	5
Chap.1	Executive Summary of This Book ....................................................................................................	7
2	Pre-1960 and Post-1960 Uses of Medical Radiation, and Its Carcinogenic Action .............	27
3	PhysPops --- The Doses in Some Massive Studies of Dose-Response ..................................	53
4	Mortality Rates --- The Responses in the Dose-Response Studies ........................................	77
5	Dose-Response, Linear Regression, and Some Other Key Concepts in Our Analyses ..........	89
SECTION TWO Cancer Mortality: Evidence that Medical Radiation Became a Principal Cause by 1940
6	All-Cancers-Combined, Males: Relation with Medical Radiation .........................................	107
7	All-Cancers-Combined, Females: Relation with Medical Radiation .....................................	119
8	Breast Cancer, Females .......................................................................................................................	125
9	Digestive-System Cancers, Males ...................................................................................................	131
10	Digestive-System Cancers, Females ................................................................................................	137
11	Urinary-System Cancers, Males .......................................................................................................	143
12	Urinary-System Cancers, Females ...................................................................................................	149
13	Genital Cancers, Males .......................................................................................................................	155
14	Genital Cancers, Females ...................................................................................................................	161
15	Buccal-Cavity & Pharynx Cancers, Males ....................................................................................	169
16	Respiratory-System Cancers, Males ................................................................................................	175
17	Respiratory-System Cancers, Females ............................................................................................	181
18	"Difference" Cancers (All-minus-Respiratory), Males ...............................................................	187
19	"Difference" Cancers (All-minus-Respiratory), Females ...........................................................	193
20	All-Cancer-Except-Genital-Cancer ............................................................................................	199
21	All-Cancer Except (Genital + Respiratory) ..................................................................................	205
22	Summarized Results of Chapters 6 - 21, and Discussion ............................................................	209
SECTION THREE NonCancer NonIHD Mortality: Inverse Dose-Response with Medical Radiation
23	All Causes of Death Combined: Relation with Medical Radiation .........................................	223
24	All Causes of Death Except Cancer ................................................................................................	229
25	All Causes of Death Except (Cancer + Ischemic Heart Disease) ...............................................	233
26	Appendicitis, Deaths ..........................................................................................................................	238
27	CNS Vascular-Lesions (Strokes), Deaths ......................................................................................	241
28	Chronic Nephritis, Deaths .................................................................................................................	244
29	Diabetes Mellitus, Deaths .................................................................................................................	247
30	Hypertensive Disease, Deaths ..........................................................................................................	250
31	Influenza and Pneumonia, Deaths ....................................................................................................	253
32	Fatal Motor-Vehicle Accidents .......................................................................................................	256
33	Other Fatal Accidents .........................................................................................................................	259
34	Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease ...............................................................................	262
35	Syphilis and Sequelae, Deaths ..........................................................................................................	265
36	Tuberculosis, Deaths ...........................................................................................................................	267
37	Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum, Deaths ......................................................................................	270
38	Summary on NonCancer NonIHD Results: Facts "Demanding" an Explanation ...................	272
SECTION FOUR Ischemic Heart Disease: Evidence that Medical Radiation Became an Important Cause by 1950
39	Ischemic Heart Disease: Medical Radiation as a Cause ..............................................................	275
40	IHD in Males: The Dose-Response between Medical Radiation and IHD ............................	279
41	IHD in Females: The Dose-Response between Medical Radiation and IHD ........................	289
42	Similarities in the IHD and Cancer Findings: Tumors in Both Diseases? ...............................	295
43	Nature of Atherosclerotic Lesions Underlying IHD ....................................................................	299
44	Some "Schools" of Thought on IHD Etiology and on IHD Acute Fatal Events .....................	305
45	Unified Model: Intersection of Lipoproteins & Dysfunctional Clones of SMCs ...................	337
46	How the Unified Model Helps to Explain, or Relates to, Other Observations .......................	345
SECTION FIVE Cancer and IHD Mortality after 1940: Fractional Causation by Medical Radiation
47	Evaluating Fractional Causation in the Post-1940 Decades: How We Start .........................	355
48	Cigarette Smoking: When, Who, How Much, and Especially Where .....................................	361
49	All-Cancers, Males, 1940-1988: Fractional Causation by Medical Radiation ....................	375
50	All-Cancers, Females, 1940-1988: Fractional Causation by Medical Radiation ................	387
51	Respiratory-System Cancers, Males, 1940-1988 .......................................................................	393
52	Respiratory-System Cancers, Females, 1940-1988 ...................................................................	405
53	Difference-Cancers, Males, 1940-1988 .......................................................................................	411
54	Difference-Cancers, Females, 1940-1988 ...................................................................................	417
55	Breast-Cancers, Females, 1940-1990 ...........................................................................................	423
56	All-Cancers-Except-Genital, Females, 1940-1980 .................................................................	429
57	Digestive-System Cancers, Males, 1940-1988 ...........................................................................	435
58	Digestive-System Cancers, Females, 1940-1988 ........................................................................	441
59	Urinary-System Cancers, Males, 1940-1980 ...............................................................................	447
60	Urinary-System Cancers, Females, 1940-1980 ...........................................................................	455
61	Genital Cancers, Males, 1940-1990 ...............................................................................................	461
62	Genital Cancers, Females, 1940-1980 ...........................................................................................	467
63	Buccal-Pharynx Cancers, Males, 1940-1980 ..............................................................................	469
64	Ischemic Heart Disease, Males, 1950-1993 ..................................................................................	477
65	Ischemic Heart Disease, Females, 1950-1993 ..............................................................................	483
66	Summarized Results, from Evidence Which Spans about a Half-Century ..............................	489
SECTION SIX The Status of Hypotheses One and Two
67	Our Findings: In Conflict with Existing Evidence? .....................................................................	495
68	Is There a Reasonable Non-Radiation Explanation for the Observations? ............................	507
69	Conclusion: Making Sense of Three Sets of Irrefutable Correlations .......................................	513

APPENDICES
App A	Dose-Units and Dose-Levels of Ionizing Radiation ................................................................	517
App B	The Safe-Dose Fallacy: Summary of Three Remarkably Similar Reports .............................	521
App C	The Free-Radical Fallacy about Ionizing Radiation: A Demonstration ................................	530
App D	Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability: What It Is, and Why It Is Important .....................	533
App E	Some Pathways toward Understanding the Atherogenic Role of Lipoproteins ....................	538
App F	Dietary Advice in Prevention and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease ..........................	555
App G	Any Goodness in "Good Cholesterol" ? ........................................................................................	577
App H	"Small, Dense Lipoprotein Particles" Especially Atherogenic?: Basis for Strong Doubt ....	586
App I	"Snapshot" Epidemiology: Why Lipid Levels Seemed Less Important at Older Ages ........	594
App J	Coronary Effects of Very High-Dose Medical Radiation ........................................................	599
App K	Mid-Century: Average Annual Per Capita Dose from Diagnostic Medical Xrays ..............	609
App L	Radiation "Hormesis": How an Illusion Can Arise from "Perfectly Good Data" ..................	617
App M	Fractional Causation, 1980-1993, after an Alternate Smoking Adjustment .........................	621
App N	PhysPop Omitted: Correlations between Canc. & IHD MortRates (Past, Present) ................	642
Reference List ..........................................................................................................................................................		645
Index and Glossary .................................................................................................................................................		677