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Early Lung Cancer Detection in Uranium Miners with Abnormal Sputum Cytology

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/834057· OSTI ID:834057
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  1. Saccomanno Research Institute, St. Mary's Hospital & Medical Center
''Early Lung Cancer Detection in Uranium Miners with Abnormal Sputum Cytology'' was funded by the Department of Energy to monitor the health effects of radon exposure and/or cigarette smoke on uranium workers from the Colorado Plateau. The resulting Saccomanno Uranium Workers Archive and data base has been used as a source of information to prove eligibility for compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and as the source of primary data tissue for a subcontract and other collaborations with outside investigators. The latter includes a study of radon exposure and lung cancer risk in a non-smoking cohort of uranium miners (subcontract); a study of genetic markers for lung cancer susceptibility; and a study of {sup 210}Pb accumulation in the skull as a biomarker of radon exposure.
Research Organization:
St. Mary's Hospital, Saccomanno Research Institute, Grand, CO (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-90ER60939
OSTI ID:
834057
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English