[HTML][HTML] Radon and lung cancer: current trends and future perspectives

M Riudavets, M Garcia de Herreros, B Besse… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radon represents the main risk factor of lung cancer in non-smokers and
the second one in smoking patients. In Europe, there are several radon-prone areas, but …

[HTML][HTML] Attributable risk of lung cancer deaths due to indoor radon exposure

SH Kim, WJ Hwang, JS Cho, DR Kang - Annals of occupational and …, 2016 - Springer
Exposure to radon gas is the second most common cause of lung cancer after smoking. A
large number of studies have reported that exposure to indoor radon, even at low …

[PDF][PDF] 中国肺癌筛查与早诊早治指南(2021, 北京)

赫捷, 李霓, 陈万青, 吴宁, 沈洪兵, 江宇, 李江… - 中华肿瘤 …, 2021 - suanfayisheng.com
肺癌是中国发病率和死亡率最高的恶性肿瘤. 筛查与早诊早治是降低人群肺癌死亡率的有效措施
. 制定符合中国国情的肺癌筛查与早诊早治指南, 将极大推进中国肺癌筛查的同质性和优质性 …

[HTML][HTML] Unconventional oil and gas development and ambient particle radioactivity

L Li, AJ Blomberg, JD Spengler, BA Coull… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Unconventional oil and natural gas development (UOGD) expanded extensively in the
United States from the early 2000s. However, the influence of UOGD on the radioactivity of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of chronic home radon exposure on cognitive, behavioral, and mental health in developing children and adolescents

BK Taylor, H Pulliam, OTV Smith, DL Rice… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction It is well-established that chronic exposure to environmental toxins can have
adverse effects on neuropsychological health, particularly in developing youths. However …

Epidemiology beyond its limits

LE McCullough, ML Maliniak, AB Amin, JM Baker… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
In 1995, journalist Gary Taubes published an article in Science titled “Epidemiology faces its
limits,” which questioned the utility of nonrandomized epidemiologic research and has since …

[HTML][HTML] Body mass index and lung cancer risk: a pooled analysis based on nested case-control studies from four cohort studies

H Sanikini, JM Yuan, LM Butler, WP Koh, YT Gao… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Obesity has been proposed as a potential protective factor against lung cancer.
We examined the association between BMI and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis based …

Residential radon, EGFR mutations and ALK alterations in never-smoking lung cancer cases

A Ruano-Ravina, M Torres-Durán… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this study was to assess if residential radon exposure might cause EGFR
mutations or ALK rearrangements in never-smokers. We designed a multicentre case …

[HTML][HTML] A spatiotemporal ensemble model to predict gross beta particulate radioactivity across the contiguous United States

L Li, AJ Blomberg, J Lawrence, WJ Réquia, Y Wei… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Particulate radioactivity, a characteristic of particulate matter, is primarily determined by the
abundance of radionuclides that are bound to airborne particulates. Exposure to high levels …

Estimates of the current and future burden of lung cancer attributable to residential radon exposure in Canada

P Gogna, TA Narain, DE O'Sullivan, PJ Villeneuve… - Preventive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Radon is widely recognized as a human carcinogen and findings from epidemiologic
studies support a causal association between residential radon exposure and lung cancer …