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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Residential Radon Exposure in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer in Lublin Region, Poland.

Anna Grzywa-Celińska, Izabela Chmielewska, Adam Krusiński, Krzysztof Kozak, Jadwiga Mazur, Dominik Grządziel, Katarzyna Dos Santos Szewczyk, Janusz Milanowski

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring and Measurements: Radon and Thoron.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Grzywa-CelińskaChair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7500-3690
Izabela ChmielewskaChair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.
Adam KrusińskiChair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7029-8859
Krzysztof KozakLaboratory of Radiometric Expertise, Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, 31-342 Cracow, Poland.
Jadwiga MazurLaboratory of Radiometric Expertise, Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, 31-342 Cracow, Poland.
Dominik GrządzielLaboratory of Radiometric Expertise, Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, 31-342 Cracow, Poland.
Katarzyna Dos Santos SzewczykDepartment of Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4884-9110
Janusz MilanowskiChair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.
Medical University of Lublin · PLInstitute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to radon is the second most common factor causing lung cancer in smokers and the first among non-smokers. We aimed to measure the impact of the radon exposure on patients with different histological types of advanced lung cancer. The measurement of radon exposure was performed in 102 patients with lung cancer in stage 3B or higher (Poland). There were 78.4% of patients with non-small cell carcinoma and 21.6% of patients with small cell carcinoma. One month radon exposure measurement was performed with trace detectors in order to control whether high radon concentrations (>800 Bq/m3) were found in the homes of patients with cancer diagnosed. Results of the determinations were then compared with the representation of the most common types of lung cancer in the study population. In the analyzed group, the average concentration of radon during the exposure of the detector in the residential premises of the respondents accounted for 69.0 Bq/m3 [37.0−117.0] and had no statistically significant effect on the type of lung cancer developed in patients. The lack of statistical significance may result from the small study group and the accompanying exposure to other harmful components. As the incidence of lung adenocarcinoma is increasing and exposure to tobacco smoke is decreasing, the search for other modifiable causes of lung cancer should be the task in the future.

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Lung NeoplasmsNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedRadonCase-Control StudiesEnvironmental ExposureHousingHumansPolandRadonexposurelung cancerresidential radon

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PMID35409936
PMCPMC8999081
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