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  • Radiation protection
  • Environmental health
  • Occupational health

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  • Managing radiological risks in environmental and occupational settings presents challenges due to uncertainties in risk magnitude and benefits of risk reduction.
  • Radiation dose is measured in practice, but its relationship with cancer risk, especially at low doses, is complex and not straightforward.
  • Cancer is a complex disease influenced by nonlinear interactions within tumor cells and their microenvironment, complicating risk assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review evidence for cancer complexity and its implications for radiation protection strategies.
  • To discuss how a complexity view of cancer necessitates new approaches to radiation protection, despite not abandoning current systems.

Main Methods:

  • Review of scientific evidence regarding the complexity of cancer development and progression.
  • Analysis of the implications of cancer complexity for the estimation of radiation risks at low doses.
  • Discussion of current radiation protection frameworks in light of cancer complexity.

Main Results:

  • Cancer is inherently complex due to nonlinear interactions, making precise risk assessment at low radiation doses (<100 mSv) impossible.
  • A complexity perspective on cancer does not invalidate current radiation protection systems but highlights their limitations.
  • Calculated cancer risks from low-dose radiation exposure are subject to high uncertainty due to cancer's complex nature.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding cancer complexity is crucial for refining radiation protection measures.
  • New ways of thinking about cancer control are needed, acknowledging that cancers can occur unpredictably and risks from low-dose radiation are uncertain.
  • The current radiation protection system requires adaptation to account for the inherent complexities of cancer biology.