Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Residential radon and cancers other than lung cancer: a cohort study in Galicia, a Spanish radon-prone area

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
European Journal of Epidemiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. International Agency for Research on Cancer Radon. Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans. Man Made Mineral Fibres and Radon. vol. 43. IARC Scientific Publications; 1988. p. 173–259.

  2. Darby S, Hill D, Auvinen A, Barros-Dios JM, Baysson H, Bochicchio F, et al. Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case–control studies. BMJ. 2005;330(7485):223.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Turner MC, Krewski D, Chen Y, Pope CA, Gapstur SM, Thun MJ. Radon and nonrespiratory mortality in the American Cancer Society cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2012;176(9):808–14.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Barros-Dios JM, Ruano-Ravina A, Gastelu-Iturri J, Figueiras A. Factors underlying residential radon concentration: results from Galicia. Spain Environ Res. 2007;103(2):185–90.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Barros-Dios JM, Ruano-Ravina A, Pérez-Ríos M, Castro-Bernárdez M, Abal-Arca J, Tojo-Castro M. Residential radon exposure, histologic types, and lung cancer risk. A case–control study in Galicia, Spain. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev. 2012;21(6):951–8.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Bräuner EV, Andersen ZJ, Andersen CE, Pedersen C, Gravesen P, Ulbak K, et al. Residential radon and brain tumour incidence in a Danish cohort. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e74435.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Marsh JW, Blanchardon E, Gregoratto D, Hofmann W, Karcher K, Nosske D, et al. Dosimetric calculations for uranium miners for epidemiological studies. Radiat Prot Dosim. 2012;149(4):371–83.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Darby SC, Whitley E, Howe GR, Hutchings SJ, Kusiak RA, Lubin JH, et al. Radon and cancers other than lung cancer in underground miners: a collaborative analysis of 11 studies. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1995;87(5):378–84.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Walsh L, Dufey F, Tschense A, Schnelzer M, Grosche B, Kreuzer M. Radon and the risk of cancer mortality–internal Poisson models for the German uranium miners cohort. Health Phys. 2010;99(3):292–300.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Li H, Gu Y, Miki J, Hukku B, McLeod DG, Hei TK, et al. Malignant transformation of human benign prostate epithelial cells by high linear energy transfer alpha-particles. Int J Oncol. 2007;31(3):537–44.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Carlos III Institute of Health, Ministry of Science and Innovation [grant number PI10/00296]. Cofunded by FEDER (European Funds For Regional Development). The Galician Radon Map previously received research-project funding from the Galician Regional Authority (Xunta de Galicia) (PGIDT01MAM20801PR) and the Nuclear Safety Commission (SRA/1391/2005/748). The case–control study received competitive funding from the Carlos III Institute of Health, Ministry of Science and Innovation (PI03/1248). The study protocol was approved by the Galician Clinical Research Ethics Committee (REF 2004/108). This paper forms part of Raquel Barbosa Lorenzo’s doctoral thesis.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, C/San Francisco s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Raquel Barbosa-Lorenzo, Juan M. Barros-Dios, Mónica Raíces Aldrey & Alberto Ruano-Ravina

  2. Preventive Medicine and Public Health Unit, Monforte de Lemos Local Hospital, Monforte de Lemos, Spain

    Raquel Barbosa-Lorenzo

  3. Preventive Medicine and Public Health Unit, Santiago de Compostela University Teaching Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Juan M. Barros-Dios

  4. Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública - CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

    Juan M. Barros-Dios & Alberto Ruano-Ravina

  5. Epidemiology Department, Galician Health Authority, Galicia Regional Authority, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Sara Cerdeira Caramés

Authors
  1. Raquel Barbosa-Lorenzo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Juan M. Barros-Dios
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Mónica Raíces Aldrey
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Sara Cerdeira Caramés
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Alberto Ruano-Ravina
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Alberto Ruano-Ravina.

Ethics declarations

Conflicts of interest

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Barbosa-Lorenzo, R., Barros-Dios, J.M., Raíces Aldrey, M. et al. Residential radon and cancers other than lung cancer: a cohort study in Galicia, a Spanish radon-prone area. Eur J Epidemiol 31, 437–441 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0134-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0134-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation