Human health impacts of residential radon exposure: updated systematic review and meta-analysis of case–control studies

LTN Ngoc, D Park, YC Lee - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the impact of residential radon exposure on human cancers (ie, lung
cancer and childhood leukemia) through a systematic review and meta-analysis of case …

Radon—the element of risk. The impact of radon exposure on human health

A Grzywa-Celińska, A Krusiński, J Mazur, K Szewczyk… - Toxics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is a heterogeneous group of diseases with multifactorial aetiology. Smoking
has been undeniably recognized as the main aetiological factor in lung cancer, but it should …

Lung cancer and residential radon in never-smokers: A pooling study in the Northwest of Spain

M Lorenzo-González, A Ruano-Ravina… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Using a pooled case-control study design, including only never-smokers, we
have assessed the association of residential radon exposure with the subsequent …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of residential radon and lung cancer in never-smokers

ES Cheng, S Egger, S Hughes, M Weber… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Globally, radon is the leading risk factor for lung cancer in never-smokers
(LCINS). In this study, we systematically reviewed and meta-analysed the evidence of the …

Residential radon and histological types of lung cancer: a meta-analysis of case‒control studies

C Li, C Wang, J Yu, Y Fan, D Liu, W Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epidemiological studies on residential radon exposure and the risk of histological types of
lung cancer have yielded inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis on this topic …

Artificial intelligence tools for refining lung cancer screening

JL Espinoza, LT Dong - Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nearly one-quarter of all cancer deaths worldwide are due to lung cancer, making this
disease the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women. The most …

An overview on the relationship between residential radon and lung cancer: what we know and future research

A Ruano-Ravina, L Martin-Gisbert, K Kelsey… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Springer
We aim to provide an overview of the research available on indoor radon and lung cancer,
with a special focus on Spanish investigations. Early studies on underground miners …

[HTML][HTML] Lung cancer risk in never-smokers of European descent is associated with genetic variation in the 5p15. 33 TERT-CLPTM1Ll region

RJ Hung, MR Spitz, RS Houlston, AG Schwartz… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Inherited susceptibility to lung cancer risk in never-smokers is poorly
understood. The major reason for this gap in knowledge is that this disease is relatively …

Gene mutation discovery research of non-smoking lung cancer patients due to indoor radon exposure

JR Choi, SY Park, OK Noh, YW Koh… - Annals of occupational and …, 2016 - Springer
Although the incidence and mortality for most cancers such as lung and colon are
decreasing in several countries, they are increasing in several developed countries because …

Social determinants of health and lung cancer surgery: a qualitative study

DK Teteh, B Ferrell, O Okunowo, A Downie… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-clinical factors that may affect the
outcomes of cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to describe the influence of …