Published 1982
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Journal article
Breast cancer and irradiation: a review
Description
Breast cancer, the most frequent in females, can be induced by many physical and chemical agents. The contribution on ionizing radiation has been clearly demonstrated both by animal experiments on rats and epidemiologic surveys on populations of women submitted to medical exposure or on Japanese atomic bomb survivors. The mean risk per dose unit (rad) is estimated at about 6 per year and per 106 females. It can vary widely with the age at the time of exposure and other internal (mainly hormonal) or external (diet for instance) factors. For radiation protection purposes, breast is a high risk tissue, which explains the high risk factor adopted by ICRP for this tissue
Abstract (French)
Le cancer du sein, cancer le plus frequent chez la femme, peut etre provoque par de nombreux agents physiques ou chimiques. La contribution des rayonnements ionisants a ete clairement demontree a la fois par des experimentations animales sur les rats et des enquetes epidemiologiques sur des groupes de femmes exposees a des irradiations medicales, ou survivantes des explosions japonaises. Le risque moyen par unite de dose (rad) est estime, de l'ordre de 6 par an et par million de femmes. Ce risque peut varier beaucoup selon l'age de la femme a l'exposition et d'autres facteurs soit internes (principalement hormonaux) ou externes (alimentation par exemple). En radioprotection, le sein constitue un tissu a haut risque, ce qui explique le facteur eleve de risque retenu par la CIPR pour ce tissuAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Le cancer du sein et l'irradiation: le point des connaissances
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radioprotection
- Journal Volume
- 17
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Radioprotection.
- Journal Page Range
- 109-121
- ISSN
- 0033-8451
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 14717285
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE DEPENDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LATENCY PERIOD; MAMMARY GLANDS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEWS; RISK ANALYSIS
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DATA; DISEASES; DOCUMENT TYPES; GLANDS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANS; PATHOGENESIS; RADIATION EFFECTS