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Lung Cancer Screening With Low-dose Chest Computed Tomography: Experience From Radon-contaminated Regions in Kazakhstan

Panina A, Kaidarova D, Zholdybay Z, Ainakulova A, Amankulov J, Toleshbayev D, Zhakenova Z, Khozhayev A

Objectives: The aim of this study was to present the baseline results of a pilot project conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of lung cancer screening using low-dose chest computed tomography...
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Correction of Movement Error in Parallel-beam CT for Dental Implantology

Yoon S, Kim SK, Heo SJ, Koak JY, Lim JH, Noh S, Jun K

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to correct the errors that may occur because of the patients' movement during the CT scanning, and thus, to obtain more precise CT...
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Health effects and consultations about radon exposure

Seo S, Kang JK, Lee D, Jin YW

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive material classified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization, and is known to be the factor with the second-greatest impact on lung cancer...
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Health Effects of Radon Exposure

Kang JK, Seo S, Jin YW

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive material that is formed as the decay product of uranium and thorium, and is estimated to contribute to approximately half of the average annual...
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An inversion of the conical Radon transform arising in the Compton camera with helical movement

Kwon K

Since the Compton camera was fi rst introduced, various types of conical Radon transforms have been examined. Here, we derive the inversion formula for the conical Radon transform, where the...
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Health effects of exposure to radon: implications of the radon bed mattress incident in Korea

Seo S, Ha WH, Kang JK, Lee D, Park S, Kwon TE, Jin YW

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive material formed by the slow decay of uranium and thorium found in the earth's crust or construction materials. Internal exposure to radon accounts for...
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Indoor Radon and Lung Cancer: Estimation of Attributable Risk, Disease Burden, and Effects of Mitigation

Kim SH, Koh SB, Lee CM, Kim C, Kang DR

PURPOSE: Exposure to indoor radon is associated with lung cancer. This study aimed to estimate the number of lung cancer deaths attributable to indoor radon exposure, its burden of disease,...
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The Disease Burden of Lung Cancer Attributable to Residential Radon Exposure in Korean Homes

Kim JH, Ha M

BACKGROUND: Residential radon exposure is known to be an important risk factor for the development of lung cancer. The objective of this study was to calculate the disease burden of...
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Radon Exposure-induced Genetic Variations in Lung Cancers among Never Smokers

Choi JR, Koh SB, Kim HR, Lee H, Kang DR

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) differs etiologically and clinically from lung cancer attributed to smoking. After smoking, radon exposure is the second leading cause and the primary risk...
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Measurement and modeling of indoor radon concentrations in residential buildings

Park JH, Whang S, Lee HY, Lee CM, Kang DR

Radon, the primary constituent of natural radiation, is the second leading environmental cause of lung cancer after smoking. To confirm a relationship between indoor radon exposure and lung cancer, estimating...
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Novel Genetic Associations Between Lung Cancer and Indoor Radon Exposure

Choi JR, Koh SB, Park SY, Kim HR, Lee H, Kang DR

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, for which smoking is considered as the primary risk factor. The present study was conducted to determine whether genetic...
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Indoor radon exposure and lung cancer: a review of ecological studies

Yoon JY, Lee JD, Joo SW, Kang DR

Lung cancer has high mortality and incidence rates. The leading causes of lung cancer are smoking and radon exposure. Indeed, the World Health Organization (WHO) has categorized radon as a...
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Gene mutation discovery research of non-smoking lung cancer patients due to indoor radon exposure

Choi JR, Park SY, Noh OK, Koh YW, Kang DR

Although the incidence and mortality for most cancers such as lung and colon are decreasing in several countries, they are increasing in several developed countries because of an unhealthy western...
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Residential radon and environmental burden of disease among Non-smokers

Noh J, Sohn J, Cho J, Kang DR, Joo S, Kim C, Shin DC

BACKGROUND: Lung cancer was the second highest absolute cancer incidence globally and the first cause of cancer mortality in 2014. Indoor radon is the second leading risk factor of lung...
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An updated review of case–control studies of lung cancer and indoor radon-Is indoor radon the risk factor for lung cancer?

Sheen S, Lee KS, Chung WY, Nam S, Kang DR

Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. Smoking is definitely the most important risk factor for lung cancer. Radon (222Rn) is a natural gas produced...
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Attributable risk of lung cancer deaths due to indoor radon exposure

Kim SH, Hwang WJ, Cho JS, Kang DR

Exposure to radon gas is the second most common cause of lung cancer after smoking. A large number of studies have reported that exposure to indoor radon, even at low...
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A review on mathematical models for estimating indoor radon concentrations

Park JH, Kang DR, Kim J

Radiation from natural sources is one of causes of the environmental diseases. Radon is the leading environmental cause of lung cancer next to smoking. To investigate the relationship between indoor...
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Risks of Lung Cancer due to Radon Exposure among the Regions of Korea

Lee HA, Lee WK, Lim D, Park SH, Baik SJ, Kong KA, Jung-Choi , Park H

Radon is likely the second most common cause of lung cancer after smoking. We estimated the lung cancer risk due to radon using common risk models. Based on national radon...
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Radon and environmental diseases

Oh SS, Koh SB, Yong SJ

People are generally exposed to radiation from natural sources. Radon is the most important radiation source among natural sources. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas that is odorless...
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