Low-dose radiation: a cause of breast cancer

Journal Article · Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Cancer; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19800815)46:4+<868::AID-CNCR2820461304>3.0.CO;2-S· OSTI ID:5006311

Land, C E

It is likely that the breast is the organ most sensitive to radiation carcinogenesis in postpubertal women. Studies of different exposed populations have yielded remarkably consistent results, in spite of wide differences in underlying breast cancer rates and conditions of exposure. Excess risk is approximately proportional to dose, and is relatively independent of ionization density and fractionization of dose. This implies that the risk associated with low-dose exposures to ionizing radiation can be estimated with some confidence from higher-dose data. Excess risk is heavily dependent on age at exposure but relatively independent of population differences in normal risk. The temporal patterns after exposure of both radiation-induced and naturally occurring breast cancer are similar, suggesting a strong influence of factors other than radiation on radiation-induced breast cancer. Uncertainties remain about risks from exposures before puberty and after menopause.

• OSTI ID: 5006311
• Journal Information: Cancer; (United States), Vol. 46:4; Conference: American Cancer Society national conference on breast cancer-1979, New York, NY, USA, 6 Sep 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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