Cancer among workers.

Abstract

This article summarises evidence of radiation effects and dose response associations derived from occupational studies based on a presentation delivered at the ICRP 2023 symposium. First, evidence derived from studies of uranium miners is reviewed, and then findings from studies of workers in the nuclear industry are discussed. Uranium miner studies provide strong evidence of excess lung cancer; the exposure-response association for that association appears quite linear and is somewhat steeper when using more contemporary data. Nuclear worker studies provide evidence of a dose-response association with the broader group of solid cancers; pooling of occupational cohorts allows investigators to extend and support these investigations.