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Int J Cancer ; 123(4): 905-11, 2008 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18528867

ABSTRACT

Workers at the Mayak nuclear facility in the Russian Federation offer the only adequate human data for evaluating cancer risks from exposure to plutonium. Risks of mortality from cancers of the lung, liver and bone, the organs receiving the largest doses from plutonium, were evaluated in a cohort of 17,740 workers initially hired 1948-1972 using, for the first time, recently improved individual organ dose estimates. Excess relative risk (ERR) models were used to evaluate risks as functions of internal (plutonium) dose, external (primarily gamma) dose, gender, attained age and smoking. By December 31, 2003, 681 lung cancer deaths, 75 liver cancer deaths and 30 bone cancer deaths had occurred. Of these 786 deaths, 239 (30%) were attributed to plutonium exposure. Significant plutonium dose-response relationships (p < 0.001) were observed for all 3 endpoints, with lung and liver cancer risks reasonably described by linear functions. At attained age 60, the ERRs per Gy for lung cancer were 7.1 for males and 15 for females; the averaged-attained age ERRs for liver cancer were 2.6 and 29 for males and females, respectively; those for bone cancer were 0.76 and 3.4. This study is the first to present and compare dose-response analyses for cancers of all 3 organs. The unique Mayak cohort with its high exposures and well characterized doses has allowed quantification of the plutonium dose-response for lung, liver and bone cancer risks based on direct human data. These results will play an important role in plutonium risk assessment.


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Bone Neoplasms/mortality , Liver Neoplasms/mortality , Lung Neoplasms/mortality , Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/mortality , Nuclear Reactors , Occupational Diseases/mortality , Plutonium/poisoning , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Bone Neoplasms/etiology , Cohort Studies , Female , Humans , Liver Neoplasms/etiology , Lung Neoplasms/etiology , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/etiology , Nuclear Weapons , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Occupational Exposure , Radiometry , Russia/epidemiology
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