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Ionizing radiation
causes
- DNA damage and
mutations
- Cell kill in normal tissue
that alters proliferation of
mutated cells
- Chronic inflammation
false repair No/incomplete
Mechanism of 2nd cancer
Introduction
repair
mutation
Healthy
cell
repair
Cell
death
Cancer
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