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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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