Low dose environmental radon exposure and breast tumor gene expression

Abstract Background The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified radon and its decay-products as Group-1-human-carcinogens, and with the current knowledge they are linked specifically to lung cancer. Biokinetic models predict that radon could deliver a carcinogenic dose to breast tissu...

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Main Authors: Cheng Peng, Natalie DuPre, Trang VoPham, Yujing J. Heng, Gabrielle M. Baker, Christopher A. Rubadue, Kimberly Glass, Abhijeet Sonawane, Oana Zeleznik, Peter Kraft, Susan E. Hankinson, A. Heather Eliassen, Jaime E. Hart, Francine Laden, Rulla M. Tamimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07184-7