Effects of radiation on the incidence of prostate cancer among Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors

Atomic bomb survivors have been reported to have an increased risk of some cancers, especially leukemia. However, the risk of prostate cancer in atomic bomb survivors is not known to have been examined previously. This study examined the association between atomic bomb radiation and the incidence of...

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Published in:Cancer science 2013-10, Vol.104 (10), p.1368-1371
Main Authors: Kondo, Hisayoshi, Soda, Midori, Mine, Mariko, Yokota, Kenichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology
Adenocarcinoma - etiology
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Atomic bombs
Bombings
Cigarettes
Disease
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Environmental Exposure
Handbooks
Health risk assessment
Humans
Incidence
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Neoplasm Grading
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - etiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - pathology
Nuclear Weapons
Original
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms - etiology
Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology
Risk
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Survivors - statistics & numerical data
Tumors
World War II
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Summary:Atomic bomb survivors have been reported to have an increased risk of some cancers, especially leukemia. However, the risk of prostate cancer in atomic bomb survivors is not known to have been examined previously. This study examined the association between atomic bomb radiation and the incidence of prostate cancer among male Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors. The subjects were classified by distance from the hypocenter into a proximal group (
ISSN:1347-9032
1349-7006
DOI:10.1111/cas.12234