Cancer Risk Factors

Risk of cancer after low doses of ionizing radiation evaluated

Published in Blood Weekly, September 1st, 2005

Scientists evaluated the risk of cancer after exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation.

In a recently published study, investigators in France conducted a study "to provide direct estimates of risk of cancer after protracted low doses of ionizing radiation and to strengthen the scientific basis of radiation protection standards for environmental, occupational, and medical diagnostic exposures."

"[The study included] cohorts of workers in the nuclear industry [from] 15 countries. 407,391 workers [were] individually monitored for external radiation with a total follow-up of 5.2 million person years. Estimates [were made] of excess relative risks per...

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