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Site-specific risks were all compatible with a linear dose-response model (see Table 4-1). Genderspecific risks were significantly different for skin cancer and cancers of the digestive, respiratory, and excretory (kidney and bladder) systems; in all cases the ERR estimates for females were 2- to 4fold higher than for males 7 . Age at exposure was a significant factor in the risks of skin, breast, and thyroid cancer and cancers of the digestive system and central nervous system (Figure 4-6). Land et al. (2003) reanalyzed the breast cancer incidence in depth and reaffirmed that risk was higher with exposure before age 20 8 . Skin cancer risk was further explored by Ron et al. (1998). This study found an overall ERR of 0.62/Sv (90% CI 0.23-1.3) for non-melanoma skin cancer. The risk of basal cell carcinoma, a subtype of skin cancer, was higher (ERR 1.9/Sv) and was found to depend significantly on age at exposure. Atomic Bomb Survivors 49 The risk of basal cell carcinoma after exposure at ages 0-9, for example, had an ERR of 21/Sv (4-73). The liver cancer risk estimate was improved with better pathology review by Cologne et al. (1999). This study found an ERR of 0.81/Sv (0.32-1.43) and this was similar for males and females. Risk appeared to be higher after exposure at ages 10-30. Sharp et al. (2003) demonstrated that liver cancer risk was increased dramatically with combined risk factors of radiation and the hepatitis C virus 9 . 4.4.2 Incidence of leukemia and related cancers Preston et al. (1994) analyzed the incidence of cancers of the blood and lymph through 1987. These include leukemias, lymphomas, and multiple myeloma, a cancer that originates in the liquid part of blood and lymph and infiltrates bone marrow. Leukemia was subdivided into subtypes: acute lymphocytic Figure 4-6. Incidence ERR by age at exposure for selected cancer sites (based on data from Thompson et al. 1994). 7 Estimates of ERR/Sv (females/males) were 1.4/0.4 (nonmelanoma skin), 0.5/0.3 (digestive system), 1.7/0.4 (respiratory system), and 2.3/0.7 (kidney and urinary organs) 8 ERR estimates were 3.9, 2.8, 2.7, 1.3 and 0.5/Sv after exposure at ages 0-4, 5-14, 15-19, 20-39, and 40+, respectively. 9 The ERR estimate was 58/Sv (2.0-∞) for HCV-positive, cirrhosis-free hepatocellular carcinoma.
50 Atomic Bomb Survivors (ALL), acute myeloid (AML), chronic myeloid (CML) and adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). A fourth subtype, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), is typically not associated with radiation. The study found strong evidence for radiation induced risks of all leukemia subtypes except ATL, some evidence for a lymphoma risk, and no significant evidence for a multiple myeloma risk. The shapes of the dose-response curves and the effects of age and gender appeared to be distinctly different among these diseases. The pattern of ALL risk was consistent with a linear dose-response model having a high risk coefficient (ERR 10.3/ Sv, 4.3-25). Risk appeared higher for childhood exposures and declined over time. CML risk was also consistent with a linear dose-response model and a decline in risk over time. Age at exposure was not found to have a significant effect on risk; the average ERR estimate for this subtype was 6.2/Sv. The dose-response pattern for AML was nonlinear, concave-up, and less dependent on age at exposure or time since exposure. The estimated ERR at 1 Sv was 3.3 (Preston et al. 1994). It is important to point out that the LSS followup began in 1950, five years after the bombings. Leukemia has a latent period of as few as 2 years, so a significant number of early cases were probably missed. Preston et al. (1994), after considering some information about these early cases, estimated that leukemia risk estimates might have been 10-15% higher if these early cases had been included. Results for the other diseases studied by these authors were inconclusive. ATL is endemic to Nagasaki and rare in Hiroshima and has been associated with the HTLV-1 virus. Of the 25 ATL cases in the cohort, 24 were from Nagasaki, suggesting that the virus may have independently caused the leukemia cases. Furthermore, when analysis was limited to Nagasaki there was no evidence of a doseresponse pattern. There was some evidence of an increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma among males but there was not a significant relationship between dose and ERR. Multiple myeloma was not significantly related to dose in the main analysis, although previous analyses had shown an association with incidence and mortality. Some cases were excluded from the main analysis because they had high doses (>4 Gy) or because their first primary cancer diagnosis was not multiple myeloma. If these cases were included then a significant dose-response relationship was observed (ERR 0.9/Sv, p = 0.02). Little et al. (1999) pooled the leukemia data from the atomic bomb survivors, cervical cancer patients treated with radiation, and ankylosing spondylitis patients also treated with radiation. These medically exposed cohorts received much higher doses than the atomic bomb survivors and therefore contribute more information about high-dose dynamics and little or no information about low-dose effects. These authors used a model that included an exponential decline in risk as doses increase; this accounts for the killing of precancerous cells and has been used to model the risks of the medical exposure in other contexts (see sections 3.3 and 3.4). This analysis demonstrated the differences among leukemia subtypes. When all leukemias were modeled together the cohorts were not showing compatible risk estimates; when leukemia subtypes were modeled independently the cohorts were consistent with each other. 4.5 Incidence of noncancer disease Wong et al. (1993) examined noncancer disease incidence through 1986. This study found significant linear dose-response patterns for thyroid disease (ERR 0.3/Gy, 0.16-0.47), chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (ERR 0.14/Gy, 0.04-0.27), and uterine myoma 10 (ERR 0.46/Gy, 0.27-0.70). Results for Parkinson’s disease were based on 50 cases and were suggestive although not significantly positive (ERR 0.44/Gy, -0.06-1.57). When analysis was restricted to the 1968-1986 time period there was an apparent risk of heart attack among those who were younger than 40 at the time of the bombings (ERR 0.57/Gy, 0.26-1.76). Hayashi et al. (2003) reported a dosedependent increase of certain proteins in the blood (interleukin 6, C-reactive protein) that indicate an inflammatory response. These measurements were made in 1995-1997, so they indicate a longterm change in the status of the blood, and this 10 A uterine myoma is a common benign tumor of the uterine muscle, present in about 40% of adult women and usually asymptomatic.
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Contents List of Tables ...........
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Contents iii Rocky Flats ..........
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Contents v APPENDIX A .............
Page 9 and 10: List of Figures Figure 1-1 Average
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100 Mayak Workers workers at the ra
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102 Mayak Workers
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9 RADIATION EXPOSURE IN FLIGHT The
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DNA damage (a chemical change in DN
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10 PRECONCEPTION EXPOSURES Several
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of risk in the lowest dose groups,
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found elevated solid cancer risk wi
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preconception doses between 2.5 and
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Table 10-1. Preconception irradiati
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cancer were both associated with th
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0.10-4.71) while respiratory system
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levels (this could not in itself be
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of leukemia was measured over a lar
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(RR 1.06; 1.00-1.11) and risks of s
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more that we can say about this app
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13 DISCUSSION Our intention in crea
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myeloid leukemia) was significantly
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0.1-3.5 WLM; this is roughly equiva
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adon (Lubin et al. 1997). These res
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Leukemia Leukemia, a general term t
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vical cancer. The doses to these pa
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Thyroid disease Thyroid cancer is a
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1986 through 1995. These workers sh
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dence of this disease includes elev
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Analysis of preconception exposure
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Paternal age, education, drinking O
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Gardner et al. 1990 Employed at Sel
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we consider this group of a few hun
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Leukemia risk (excluding CLL) among
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Glossary of Terms for Epidemiology
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Glossary 199 Beta radiation: Stream
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Dosimetry: Measurement or estimatio
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Glossary 203 Hypothyroidism: The cl
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Glossary 205 Metastasis: 1. Movemen
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Glossary 207 waves, ultra violet (U
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Glossary 209 Thyroid Disease: disea
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Bibliography ATSDR. Public Health A
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Bhatia S, Sklar C. Second cancers i
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Bibliography 215 Cavallo D, Tomao P
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Haldorsen T, Reitan JB, Tveten U. C
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of Mayak, A comparison of numerical
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control population. International J
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