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Risk of cancer associated with low-dose radiation exposure: comparison of results between the INWORKS nuclear workers study and the A-bomb survivors study

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RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS
卷 60, 期 1, 页码 23-39

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-020-00890-7

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Cancer; Epidemiology; Ionizing radiation; Low dose; Low dose-rate; Nuclear workers; A-bomb survivors

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  1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  2. United States (U.S.) Department of Energy
  3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  4. University of North Carolina from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [R01OH011409]
  5. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan [2012-02-21-01]
  6. Orano and Electricite de France (EDF)

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The study compared estimates of radiation-cancer mortality risk from the Life Span Study (LSS) and an international nuclear worker study (INWORKS), finding similar results. Both studies showed an increase in excess relative risk of solid cancer with increasing attained age, while the risk for leukemia differed.
The Life Span Study (LSS) of Japanese atomic bomb survivors has served as the primary basis for estimates of radiation-related disease risks that inform radiation protection standards. The long-term follow-up of radiation-monitored nuclear workers provides estimates of radiation-cancer associations that complement findings from the LSS. Here, a comparison of radiation-cancer mortality risk estimates derived from the LSS and INWORKS, a large international nuclear worker study, is presented. Restrictions were made, so that the two study populations were similar with respect to ages and periods of exposure, leading to selection of 45,625 A-bomb survivors and 259,350 nuclear workers. For solid cancer, excess relative rates (ERR) per gray (Gy) were 0.28 (90% CI 0.18; 0.38) in the LSS, and 0.29 (90% CI 0.07; 0.53) in INWORKS. A joint analysis of the data allowed for a formal assessment of heterogeneity of the ERR per Gy across the two studies (P = 0.909), with minimal evidence of curvature or of a modifying effect of attained age, age at exposure, or sex in either study. There was evidence in both cohorts of modification of the excess absolute risk (EAR) of solid cancer by attained age, with a trend of increasing EAR per Gy with attained age. For leukemia, under a simple linear model, the ERR per Gy was 2.75 (90% CI 1.73; 4.21) in the LSS and 3.15 (90% CI 1.12; 5.72) in INWORKS, with evidence of curvature in the association across the range of dose observed in the LSS but not in INWORKS; the EAR per Gy was 3.54 (90% CI 2.30; 5.05) in the LSS and 2.03 (90% CI 0.36; 4.07) in INWORKS. These findings from different study populations may help understanding of radiation risks, with INWORKS contributing information derived from cohorts of workers with protracted low dose-rate exposures.

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