ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Short Telomere Length as a Biomarker Risk of Lung Cancer Development Induced by High Radon Levels: A Pilot Study.
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- Telomere length and oxidative stress in small cell lung cancer patients: changes through chemotherapy cycles compared to healthy controls.Biochemia medica · 2025Article
- Serum biomarkers associated with health impacts of high residential radon exposure: a metabolomic pilot study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Leucocyte Telomere Length and Lung Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies.Cancers · 2024Review
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- Health Effects of Natural Environmental Radiation during Burning Season in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Estimation of lung cancer deaths attributable to indoor radon exposure in upper northern Thailand.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A Potential Serum Biomarker for Screening Lung Cancer Risk in High Level Environmental Radon Areas: A Pilot Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Characteristics of Thoron (International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Identifying indoor radon sources in Pa Miang, Chiang Mai, Thailand.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Coffee Consumption and Lung Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study in Khon Kaen Thailand.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2020Article
- Importance of Discriminative Measurement for Radon Isotopes and Its Utilization in the Environment and Lessons Learned from Using the RADUET Monitor.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
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Abstract
Long-term exposure to radon has been determined to be the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking. However, an in-depth study of this topic has not been explicitly carried out in Chiang Mai (Thailand). This paper presents the results of an indoor radon level measurement campaign in dwellings of Chiang Mai using total of 110 detectors (CR-39) during one year. The results show that the average radon levels varied from 35 to 219 Bq/m³, with an overall average of 57 Bq/m³. The finding also shows that the average value is higher than the global average value of 39 Bq/m³. In addition, to examine the cause of lung cancer development among people with risk of chronic exposure to radon during their lifetime, 35 non-smoker lung cancer patients and 33 healthy nonsmokers were analyzed for telomere length. As expected, telomere length was significantly shorter in lung cancer patients than in healthy nonsmokers. Among healthy nonsmokers, the telomere length was significantly shorter in a high radon group than in an unaffected low radon group. To the best of our knowledge, our research provides the first attempt in describing the shortened telomeres in areas with high levels of environmental radon that might be related to lung cancer development.
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