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Even low doses of chest radiation in childhood boosts breast cancer risk via City of Hope

Radiation therapy can help cure many children facing Hodgkin lymphoma and other cancers. When the radiation is delivered to a girl’s chest, however, it can lead to a marked increase in breast cancer risk later in life. Smita Bhatia, M.D. … Continue reading

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Japan’s Fukushima debate: How will the meltdown affect the health of residents? via The Christian Science Monitor

¸More than two years after the triple meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant all but brought the country to a halt following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the disaster’s long-term effects on health are still unknown. Sanae Takaichi, … Continue reading

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Fukushima Radiation Increases Cancer Risk for Girls: WHO via Bloomberg

[…] Girls in the most-affected area of Japan’s northeastern Fukushima prefecture have as much as a 70 percent greater probability of thyroid cancer in their lifetimes, while boys’ risk of leukemia is as much as 7 percent higher, the United … Continue reading

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