A Task Group of ICRP Committee 1 was established by the Commission in 2005 to
investigate and report on risks from alpha-emitting radionuclides. In 2007, after a period of …

Squamous cell lung carcinomas (SCC) from former employees of the Wismut uranium
mining company (Saxony, Germany) were obtained from the Stollberg Archive in order to …

The estimation of the relative lung-cancer risk (Odds Ratio (OR)) by exposure to radon in
dwellings with main emphasis on non-smoking women and control for misspecification of …

Objective To create awareness of the dangers of radon gas and to provide family physicians
with updated, practical information to help educate patients. Sources of information …

Interviews were previously conducted for 994 women with incident lung cancer and 995
population-based controls. Smoking, occupational, dietary, and residential data were …

EGFR and HER2 mutations and ALK rearrangement are known to be related to lung cancer
in never-smokers, while KRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA mutations are typically observed among …

Background Radioactive radon is an inert gas that can migrate from soils and rocks and
accumulate in enclosed areas, such as homes and underground mines. Studies of miners …

More than 161,000 lung cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States in 2008.
Of these, an estimated 10 to 15% will be caused by factors other than active smoking …

Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in Utah despite
having the nation's lowest smoking rate. Radon exposure and differences in lung cancer …

Background: Radon at sufficiently high concentrations is known to cause lung cancer among
underground miners and in experimental laboratory animals. Purpose: Our aim was to …