Table 10. Summary of estimated number of cancers in 2010 caused by exposure to ionising radiation, UK.

	Excess attributable cases					Total excess attributable cases	PAF (%)
Type of cancer	Background	Radon	Diagnostic radiology	Radiotherapy	Nuclear medicine	All radiation
Males
Oesophagus	2	—	17	97	0.0	116	2.0
Stomach	1	—	20	18	0.0	39	0.9
Colon-rectum	20	—	199	33	0.3	252	1.1
Liver	0	—	13	—	0.0	13	0.6
Lung	28	759	28	113	0.5	928	4.2
Breast (female)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bladder	9	—	134	30	1.3	174	2.6
Thyroid	0	—	2	—	0.0	2	0.4
Leukaemia	316	—	40	0	7.7	364	7.8
Other	177	—	462	140	1.6	780
Alla	553	759	915	430	11.5	2669	1.7
Females
Oesophagus	1	—	17	93	0.0	111	3.9
Stomach	0	—	23	21	0.0	44	1.7
Colon—rectum	14	—	319	53	0.0	385	2.2
Liver	0	—	14	—	0.0	15	1.1
Lung	56	618	96	206	0.8	976	5.4
Breast (female)	235	—	62	141	1.9	440	0.9
Bladder	1	—	43	16	0.1	60	2.3
Thyroid	0	—	14	—	0.0	15	0.8
Leukaemia	245	—	42	43	4.5	334	10.4
Other	65	—	316	376	0.5	757	—
Alla	617	618	945.5	950	7.9	3138	2.0
Persons
Oesophagus	3	—	34	190	0	227	2.7
Stomach	2	—	44	39	0	84	1.2
Colon—rectum	33	—	518	86	0	637	1.6
Liver	0	—	27	0	0	27	0.8
Lung	83	1376	124	319	1	1905	4.7
Breast (female)	235	—	62	141	2	440	0.9
Bladder	10	—	177	46	1	235	2.5
Thyroid	0	—	17	0	0	17	0.7
Leukaemia	561	—	82	43	12	698	8.9
Other	242	—	778	516	2	1537	0.0
Alla	1170	1376	1861	1380	19	5807	1.8

Abbreviation: PAF=population-attributable fraction.

^aExcluding non-melanoma skin cancer.