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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Sep 15;15(18):5626–5645. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0376

Table 4.

Results of studies on exposure to radiation and risk of lung cancer among never smokers

Study Design/population Exposure Group Reference Group Risk Estimate (95% CI) Adjustment Variables
Neugut et al. (1994) (173) Case-control: 16 female lung cancer cases among breast cancer survivors (nonsmokers)
348 female breast cancer survivor controls (nonsmokers)
Study location: USA (CT)
Study years: 1986–1989
Received radiation therapy for breast cancer vs. Did not receive radiation therapy for breast cancer 3.2 (0.6–17.4) age

van Leeuwen et al. (1995) (175) Case-control: From a cohort of 1939 Hodgkin’s disease patients: 8 male and female lung cancer cases (nonsmokers)
33 male and female controls (nonsmokers)
Study location: The Netherlands
Study years: 1966–1986
Received 1–5 Gy radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s disease vs. Received <1 Gy radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s disease 0.99 (0.07–14.7) age, gender, treatment center, date of Hodgkin’s diagnosis
Received ≥5 Gy radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s disease vs. Received <1 Gy radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s disease 2.5 (0.21–29.4)
Ptrend = 0.43
age, gender, treatment center, date of Hodgkin’s diagnosis

Hu et al. (2002) (144) Case-control: 161 female lung cancer cases (never smokers)
483 female population controls
Study location: Canada
Study years: 1994–1997
Occupational radiation sources vs. No occupational exposure to radiation sources 2.1 (0.7–6.8) age, province, education, social class

Ford et al. (2003) (186) Case-control: 41 female lung cancer cases among breast cancer survivors (never smokers)
159 female breast cancer survivor controls (never smokers)
Study location: USA (TX)
Study years: 1960–1997
Received radiation therapy for breast cancer vs. Did not receive radiation therapy for breast cancer 0.60 age, ethnicity, breast cancer histology, type of breast cancer surgery, date of breast cancer diagnosis

Boffetta et al. (2005) (187) Case-control: 209 male and female lung cancer cases (never smokers)
976 male and female hospital and population controls (never smokers)
Study location: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia
Study years: 1998–2002
1–30 occupational x-ray examinations vs. No occupational x-ray examinations 1.22 (0.73–2.03) none stated
>30 occupational x-ray examinations vs. No occupational x-ray examinations 2.30 (1.15–4.57) none stated

Prochazka et al. (2005) (174) Case series: 82 women diagnosed with breast cancer and then subsequent lung cancer (nonsmokers)
Study location: Sweden
Study years: 1958–2000
Received ipsilateral radiation therapy for breast cancer (breast and lung cancer on same side) vs. Contralateral radiation dose to lung ≤15% of the ipsilateral dose (lung on opposite side of breast cancer served as control) 0.9 (0.37–2.22) none stated

Abbreviations:

CI: confidence interval

Gy: gray