Third mortality follow-up of the Mallinckrodt uranium processing workers, 1942-2019

CONCLUSIONS: This third follow-up of Mallinckrodt uranium processors reinforced the results of the previous studies. There was an excess of brain cancers compared with the US population, although no radiation dose-response was detected. The association between radiation and kidney cancer remained, though potentially due to few cases at higher doses. The association between levels of silica dust ≥23.6 mg/m3-year and NMKD also remained. No association was observed between radiation and lung cancer. A positive dose-response was observed between radiation and CVD; however, this association may be confounded by smoking, which was unmeasured. Future work will pool these data with other uranium processing worker cohorts within the Million Person Study.PMID:37819879 | DOI:10.1080/09553002.2023.2267640

Source: International Journal of Radiation Biology - October 11, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Cato M Milder Sara C Howard Elizabeth D Ellis Ashley P Golden Sarah S Cohen Michael T Mumma Richard W Leggett Benjamin French Lydia B Zablotska John D Boice Source Type: research