Radiobiology > Stochastic Effects > Carcinogenesis > Evidence for Specific Cancers (cont.)
Evidence for Specific Cancers
Breast Cancer
- Female survivors of bombing attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Female tuberculosis patients (in Nova Scotia) who received multiple fluoroscopic studies for to follow therapeutic penumothorax
- No radiogenic breast cancer risk in men has been observed in any study.
Lung Cancer
- Survivors of bombing attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Patients who received radiation therapy for ankylosing spondylitis
- Underground Uranium miners (radon exposure)
Bone Cancer
- Outmoded radiotherapies...
- Children receiving cranial irradiation for tinea capitus
- Patients who received radiation therapy for ankylosing spondylitis
- Luminous watch dial painters, who ingested radium from their brush tips
Skin Cancer
- Lack of radiation safety precautions among radiation workers of the early 20th century
- Children receiving cranial irradiation for tinea capitus
Liver Cancer
- Thorotrast - a radiographic contrast agent used in the 1930s to 1950s - thorium decay released alpha particles leading to organ damage and neoplasms
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