Radiation-induced cell inactivation can increase the cancer risk.
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Radiation Research Society in Radiation Research
- Vol. 155 (6) , 870-872
- https://doi.org/10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0870:ricici]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Radiation can inactivate cells that are replaced by dividing neighboring cells. If cells on the way to malignancy can fill the deficit faster than healthy cells, their number increases. A major part of the radon-induced lung cancers in the Colorado miners can be explained by a moderate increase in the replacement probability.Keywords
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