Lifetime risk of urothelial carcinoma and lung cancer in the arseniasis-endemic area of Northeastern Taiwan

Abstract This paper empirically investigates biased beliefs about the risks of smoking. First, it confirms the established tendency of people to overestimate the lifetime risk of a smoker to contract lung cancer. In this paper’s survey, almost half of all respondents overestimate this risk. However, 80% underestimate lung cancer deadliness. In reality, less than one in five patients survive five years after a lung cancer diagnosis. Due to the broad underestimation of the lung cancer deadliness, the lifetime risk of a smoker to die of lung cancer is underestimated by almost half of all respondents. Smokers who do not plan to quit are significantly more likely to underestimate this overall mortality risk.

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P1.03-043 Practical Difficulty of Low Dose Computerized Tomography as a Lung Cancer Screening Tool in an Endemic Area of Tuberculosis

Journal of Thoracic Oncology ◽

10.1016/j.jtho.2016.11.714 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. S568-S569 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Natthaya Triphuridet ◽

Sutida Singharuksa ◽

Sirachat Vidhyakorn

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Computerized Tomography ◽

Endemic Area ◽

Low Dose ◽

Screening Tool ◽

Lung Cancer Screening ◽

Practical Difficulty

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Lifetime Risk of Lung Cancer Death for Inhalation 239Pu

Medical Radiology and radiation safety ◽

10.12737/25046 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 27-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Василенко ◽

E. Vasilenko ◽

Ефимов ◽

A. Efimov ◽

Востротин ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Radiation Safety ◽

Lung Cancer Mortality ◽

Lifetime Risk ◽

Cancer Death ◽

Annual Increment ◽

Lung Cancer Death ◽

Safety Standards ◽

Risk Of Cancer

Aim of the study: Assessment of reliability of radiation safety standards after inhalation intake of Pu-239. Material and methods: Using results of epidemiological study of lung cancer mortality in Mayak workers cohort and statistical data on all causes and lung cancer mortality in Russia the excess lifetime risk of lung cancer death was calculated. Results: Current radiation safety standards restrict annual intake of Pu-239 class “S” at 1300 Bq/year level. The annual limit of intake is calculated in a way that the level of committed effective dose in 50 years after intake should not exceed 20 mSv. At the same time radiation safety standards restrict the level of the excess lifetime risk of cancer death at the level of 0.05 (for category A personnel) and/or annual increment of excess lifetime risk at the level 0.001. The equivalent dose of alpha-particles to the lung after 50 years of inhalation intake of Pu class “S” when calculated according to DOSE-2008 model will be 7 Sv. Given the pattern of dose accumulation over time after this scenario of Pu class “S” inhalation intake we calculated excess relative risk of lung cancer death, lifetime excess risk of lung cancer death and annual increment of excess lifetime risk. In 50 years of exposure to inhalation intake of Pu-239 class “S” the excess lifetime risk of lung cancer death will be 0.08, i.e. will exceed the 0.05 limit provided in radiation safety standards. The annual increment of the lifetime risk will exceed limit of 0.001, provided by the radiation safety standards, at age 45 and older. These results demonstrate that the protection of personnel working with Pu-239 class “S” is insufficient in current radiation safety standards. One of the potential reasons is that lung contribution to total detriment for organism provided by ionizing radiation is averaged for all ages whereas for people of working age who contact to Pu at work this detriment doubles.

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