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ArticleRadiation protection dosimetry2025

Comparing dose response of cancer incidence in Sweden after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident with Life Span Study of atomic bomb survivors.

Martin Tondel, Tobias Nordquist, Mats Isaksson, Christopher Rääf, Robert Wålinder

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Article in Radiation protection dosimetry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Martin TondelOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Entrance 40, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4469-2451
Tobias NordquistDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 60, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
Mats IsakssonDepartment of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gula Stråket 2B, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9854-5030
Christopher RääfMedical Radiation Physics, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Inga Marie Nilssons gata 47, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9495-7166
Robert WålinderOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Entrance 40, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8387-7881

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Abstract

Follow-up of the atomic bomb survivors in Japan in the Life Span Study (LSS) has been fundamental for the understanding of the dose-response curve. We compare our risk estimates from a newly published epidemiological study on cancer in Sweden after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident with the LSS data. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated using conditional logistic regression adjusted for rural/nonrural habitat, education level, and pre-Chernobyl cancer incidence from 1980 to 1985, respectively. Adjusted HRs by sex were calculated in deciles for all cancer sites combined for 1986 to 2020. These risk estimates were translated to excess relative risk (ERR) to allow comparison with LSS incidence data. ERRs per decile were compatible with ERR in the low-dose range <100 mGy for both sexes. The CIs in each decile need to be taken into account when interpreting the dose-response curve. Risk estimates in dose categories add important information at very low doses on the dose-response curve when compared to LSS data.

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Atomic Bomb SurvivorsChernobyl Nuclear AccidentNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantMaleMiddle Aged

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