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Evaluation of ionizing radiation as a risk factor for the incidence of breast cancer: long-term analysis after the cesium-137 accident in Goiânia, Brazil. An ecological study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The largest radiological accident to occur in any urban area happened in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1987. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between breast cancer incidence and ionizing radiation levels. DESIGN AND SETTING: Ecological study among residents of the city of Goiânia...

Los beneficios de la pesquisa de cáncer de pulmón mediante tomografía computada de baja dosis podrían superar los potenciales riesgos de la radiación
The benefits of lung cancer screening using low dose computerized tomography could be greater than the potential harms of radiation

Residential radon and lung cancer: a cohort study in Galicia, Spain

Case-control studies show an association between residential radon and lung cancer. The aim of this paper is to investigate this association through a cohort study. We designed an ambispective cohort study using the Galician radon map, Spain, with controls drawn from a previous case-control study. Subjec...