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On the informative value of community-based indoor radon values in relation to lung cancer.
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Cancer medicine [Cancer Med] 2024 Aug; Vol. 13 (16), pp. e70126. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Radon is a radioactive gas and a major risk factor for lung cancer (LC).<br />Methods: We investigated the dose-response relationship between radon and LC risk in the International Lung Cancer Consortium with 8927 cases and 5562 controls from Europe, North America, and Israel, conducted between 1992 and 2016. Spatial indoor radon exposure in the residential area (sIR) obtained from national surveys was linked to the participants' residential geolocation. Parametric linear and spline functions were fitted within a logistic regression framework.<br />Results: We observed a non-linear spatial-dose response relationship for sIR < 200 Bq/m <superscript>3</superscript> . The lowest risk was observed for areas of mean exposure of 58 Bq/m <superscript>3</superscript> (95% CI: 56.1-59.2 Bq/m <superscript>3</superscript> ). The relative risk of lung cancer increased to the same degree in areas averaging 25 Bq/m <superscript>3</superscript> (OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.01-1.59) as in areas with a mean of 100 Bq/m <superscript>3</superscript> (OR = 1.34, 95% CI: 1.20-1.45). The strongest association was observed for small cell lung cancer and the weakest for squamous cell carcinoma. A stronger association was also observed in men, but only at higher exposure levels. The non-linear association is primarily observed among the younger population (age < 69 years), but not in the older population, which can potentially represent different biological radiation responses.<br />Conclusions: The sIR is useful as proxy of individual radon exposure in epidemiological studies on lung cancer. The usual assumption of a linear, no-threshold dose-response relationship, as can be made for individual radon exposures, may not be optimal for sIR values of less than 200 Bq/m <superscript>3</superscript> .<br /> (© 2024 The Author(s). Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- Humans
Male
Female
Middle Aged
Aged
Case-Control Studies
Air Pollutants, Radioactive adverse effects
Air Pollutants, Radioactive analysis
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced epidemiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced etiology
Risk Factors
Europe epidemiology
Israel epidemiology
Adult
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
North America epidemiology
Radon adverse effects
Lung Neoplasms epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms etiology
Air Pollution, Indoor adverse effects
Air Pollution, Indoor analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2045-7634
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Cancer medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39194344
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70126