Breast cancer at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

doi:10.1016/0306-9877(90)90094-u

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Breast cancer at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Mar 1990

Rosen P

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A calculation is made of the incidence of breast cancer at Hiroshima and Nagasaki using the dosimetry of Straume and Dobson. Gamma rays cause a mutation in a critical gene. Using a two hit theory, an estimate of the number of target cells and a time period of 24 years, an estimate of the probabil...

Topics

Breast Neoplasms
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Female
Humans
Japan
Mutation
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Nuclear Warfare
Probability

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