Radiation-induced carcinogenesis: individual sensitivity and genomic instability.

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In spite of a well-known relationship between exposure to radiation and increased risk for cancer development, the biological mechanisms involved in radiation-induced carcinogenesis remain poorly documented. Various hypotheses are discussed in this paper. It appears that radiation cannot be directly responsible for the numerous genetic alterations of cancer cells. Most of them occur during tumor progression. Only...

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