ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Environmental/Occupational Exposure to Radon and Non-Pulmonary Neoplasm Risk: A Review of Epidemiologic Evidence.
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- Health Impacts of Chronic Radiation Exposure in Northern Kazakhstan: A Comprehensive Epidemiological Review.Cancers · 2026Review
- Radon and Non-Cancer Pulmonary Health Effects in Children: A State of The Art Review.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Review
- Exposure to radon progeny and cancer mortality, excluding lung cancer, in the cohort of Newfoundland Fluorspar Miners between 1950 and 2016.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2025Article
- Does radon cause diseases other than lung cancer? Findings on mortality within the German uranium miners cohort study, 1946-2018.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of neuroblastoma and peripheral nervous system tumours in individuals aged over 60 from 1990 to 2021: a trend analysis of global burden of disease study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Development of a High-Resolution Indoor Radon Map Using a New Machine Learning-Based Probabilistic Model and German Radon Survey Data.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Cancer Incidence in a Population Living Near Radioactive Waste Storage of Uranium Mining in Stepnogorsk Area, Northern Kazakhstan.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024Article
- Analysis of genetic instability induced by radon exposure in iron mine processing workers in Shandong Province, Northern China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- How Does Environmental and Occupational Exposure Contribute to Carcinogenesis in Genitourinary and Lung Cancers?Cancers · 2023Review
- Experimental Setups for In Vitro Studies on Radon Exposure in Mammalian Cells-A Critical Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Criterion Validity of Radon Test Values Reported by a Commercial Laboratory versus the Environmental Protection Agency.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and the Additional Radiological Risk during the Lockdown Period in the Province of Naples City (South Italy).Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Global disease burden and trends of leukemia attributable to occupational risk from 1990 to 2019: An observational trend study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Observational
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Although Radon (Rn) is a known agent for lung cancer, the link between Rn exposure and other non-pulmonary neoplasms remains unclear. The aim of this review is to investigate the role of Rn in the development of tumors other than lung cancer in both occupational and environmental exposure. Particularly, our attention has been focused on leukemia and tumors related to brain and central nervous system (CNS), skin, stomach, kidney, and breast. The epidemiologic literature has been systematically reviewed focusing on workers, general population, and pediatric population. A weak increase in leukemia risk due to Rn exposure was found, but bias and confounding factors cannot be ruled out. The results of studies conducted on stomach cancer are mixed, although with some prevalence for a positive association with Rn exposure. In the case of brain and CNS cancer and skin cancer, results are inconclusive, while no association was found for breast and kidney cancers. Overall, the available evidence does not support a conclusion that a causal association has been established between Rn exposure and the risk of other non-pulmonary neoplasms mainly due to the limited number and heterogeneity of existing studies. To confirm this result, a statistical analysis should be necessary, even if it is now not applicable for the few studies available.
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