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Radiation-induced cancers
high sensi(vity to radia(on:
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breast, thyroid, kidney & bladder, ovary, acute myelogenous
leukemia
moderate sensi(vity to radia(on:
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lung, liver
low sensi(vity to radia(on:
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brain, bone, skin, prostate, cervix
not observed to be ini(tated by radia(on:
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pancreas, tes:s, cervical cancer, chronic lymphocy:c leukemia
radia(on-induced muta(ons do not differ from „natural“
muta(ons !
Carcinogenesis