Evaluation of a sex-specific difference in lung cancer radiation risk and approaches for improving lung cancer radiation risk projection (with a focus on application to space activities)

• Corporate Author: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. SC 1-27 on Evaluation of Sex-Specific Differences in Lung Cancer Radiation Risks and Recommendations for Use in Transfer and Projection Models, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, December 31, 2022.
• Series: NCRP commentary ; no. 32.
• Subjects: Astronauts.; Lungs > radiation effects.; Risk assessment.; Lung Neoplasms.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781944888336; 1944888330; 9781944888329; 1523151285; 9781523151288
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"The study of Japanese atomic-bomb survivors exposed acutely to ionizing radiation in 1945 reported the risk of radiation-related lung cancer to be nearly three times greater for females than for males on a relative scale (similar for both mortality and incidence). The operational model for ris...