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Cellular Defenses Against Radiation-Induced Carcinogenesis:

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Are radiation sensitivity genes and radiation carcinogenesis<br />

genes the same<br />

• Several radiation sensitivity genes are known (e.g. ATM), but generally<br />

these genes confer sensitivity specifically to radiation-induced killing.<br />

• <strong>Cellular</strong> radiosensitivity genes are potential radiation carcinogenesis genes,<br />

but association with increased cancer risk has not been established.<br />

• The problem may be that sensitivity to radiation lethality and radiation<br />

carcinogenesis may be competing phenotypes.<br />

DEATH<br />

CANCER<br />

NCI REB <strong>Radiation</strong> Epidemiology Course, May 14, 2007<br />

TJJ

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