Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation
The radiation exposure of individuals has been on the rise due to an increased amount of radiation use, e.g., in medicine for diagnostic imaging and treatment procedures, industrial applications including military defense activities and nuclear power plants, and in academics for educational and scie...
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| author | Yasser F. Ali Yasser F. Ali Francis A. Cucinotta Liu Ning-Ang Guangming Zhou |
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| description | The radiation exposure of individuals has been on the rise due to an increased amount of radiation use, e.g., in medicine for diagnostic imaging and treatment procedures, industrial applications including military defense activities and nuclear power plants, and in academics for educational and scientific research. Space exploration missions and space tourism are additional areas of protracted low dose exposure situations with radiation types not present on the Earth. In contrast to high doses of ionizing radiation, cancer risk assessment of the more commonly encountered or protracted radiation exposure is still under debate and uncertainty making it fuzzy area. A major challenge lies in providing a scientific basis to estimate low dose radiation carcinogenesis risks. In this review we aim, through the collected epidemiological and experimental studies' data, to address the central questions in radiological protection; including quantification of the risks and uncertainties from low doses of ionizing radiation and what is a sound scientific consensus to advise on risk perception for low dose radiation exposure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4fb953364b34eb7b4967bea29a610c72022-12-22T00:06:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2020-08-01810.3389/fphy.2020.00234532248Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing RadiationYasser F. Ali0Yasser F. Ali1Francis A. Cucinotta2Liu Ning-Ang3Guangming Zhou4State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Institute of Space Life Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou, ChinaBiophysics Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, United StatesState Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Institute of Space Life Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Institute of Space Life Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou, ChinaThe radiation exposure of individuals has been on the rise due to an increased amount of radiation use, e.g., in medicine for diagnostic imaging and treatment procedures, industrial applications including military defense activities and nuclear power plants, and in academics for educational and scientific research. Space exploration missions and space tourism are additional areas of protracted low dose exposure situations with radiation types not present on the Earth. In contrast to high doses of ionizing radiation, cancer risk assessment of the more commonly encountered or protracted radiation exposure is still under debate and uncertainty making it fuzzy area. A major challenge lies in providing a scientific basis to estimate low dose radiation carcinogenesis risks. In this review we aim, through the collected epidemiological and experimental studies' data, to address the central questions in radiological protection; including quantification of the risks and uncertainties from low doses of ionizing radiation and what is a sound scientific consensus to advise on risk perception for low dose radiation exposure.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2020.00234/fulllow dose exposureHBRL inhabitantsspace exploration missionsnuclear industry workerscancer risk |
| spellingShingle | Yasser F. Ali Yasser F. Ali Francis A. Cucinotta Liu Ning-Ang Guangming Zhou Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation Frontiers in Physics low dose exposure HBRL inhabitants space exploration missions nuclear industry workers cancer risk |
| title | Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation |
| title_full | Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation |
| title_fullStr | Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation |
| title_short | Cancer Risk of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation |
| title_sort | cancer risk of low dose ionizing radiation |
| topic | low dose exposure HBRL inhabitants space exploration missions nuclear industry workers cancer risk |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2020.00234/full |
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