Radon exposure and oropharyngeal cancer risk

Highlights • Radon exposure might be linked with oral and pharyngeal cancers. • The available literature does not show an association between radon exposure and these tumours. • This association does not appear to exist neither for miners nor for general population. • No study has been found analysi...

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Published in:Cancer letters 2015-12, Vol.369 (1), p.45-49
Main Authors: Salgado-Espinosa, Tania, Barros-Dios, Juan Miguel, Ruano-Ravina, Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Pollutants, Radioactive - toxicity
Environmental Exposure
Health risk assessment
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Mortality
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - etiology
Oropharyngeal neoplasms
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - etiology
Population
Quality
Radon
Radon - toxicity
Risk Factors
Studies
Systematic review
Throat cancer
Tobacco
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Summary:Highlights • Radon exposure might be linked with oral and pharyngeal cancers. • The available literature does not show an association between radon exposure and these tumours. • This association does not appear to exist neither for miners nor for general population. • No study has been found analysing directly this association. Such studies are encouraged.
ISSN:0304-3835
1872-7980
DOI:10.1016/j.canlet.2015.08.025