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Radiation-induced cell inactivation can increase the cancer risk
W F Heidenreich1, M Atkinson, H G Paretzke
1GSF-Institute for Radiation Protection, Neuherberg, Germany. Heidenreich@gsf.de
Radiation Research
|May 16, 2001
Abstract:
Radiation can inactivate cells that are replaced by dividing neighboring cells. If cells on the way to malignancy can fill the deficit faster than healthy cells, their number increases. A major part of the radon-induced lung cancers in the Colorado miners can be explained by a moderate increase in the replacement probability.