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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Radiol Prot. 2012 Jul 19;32(3):10.1088/0952-4746/32/3/205. doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/32/3/205

Table 2.

Lifetime risk of radiation-related cancer (per 1000 exposed individuals) according to age at exposure and cancer following a chronic exposure to 0.1 Gy

a) Females
Age at exposure (yr)
Cancer 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Oral Cavity 0.59 0.49 0.41 0.34 0.28 0.19 0.17 0.14 0.10 0.05 0.02
Esophagus 0.30 0.25 0.22 0.18 0.16 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.08 0.04 0.02
Stomach 2.30 1.90 1.50 1.30 1.00 0.68 0.63 0.56 0.44 0.29 0.13
Colon 2.50 2.20 1.80 1.60 1.30 0.93 0.89 0.80 0.65 0.41 0.16
Rectum 0.35 0.30 0.25 0.21 0.18 0.12 0.11 0.09 0.07 0.04 0.02
Liver 0.67 0.55 0.45 0.37 0.31 0.21 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.10 0.05
Gallbladder −0.02 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.004 −0.003 −0.001
Pancreas 0.66 0.56 0.47 0.40 0.34 0.24 0.23 0.21 0.17 0.10 0.04
Lung 8.50 7.20 6.00 5.00 4.20 2.90 2.90 2.70 2.10 1.30 0.61
Breast 13.00 10.00 7.80 6.10 4.70 2.70 1.50 0.71 0.30 0.11 0.03
Ovary 1.10 0.95 0.79 0.65 0.54 0.37 0.33 0.27 0.19 0.10 0.04
Uterus 0.67 0.56 0.47 0.39 0.32 0.21 0.19 0.15 0.11 0.07 0.03
Bladder 2.60 2.30 1.90 1.60 1.40 1.00 0.98 0.91 0.74 0.47 0.20
Kidney 0.56 0.47 0.40 0.33 0.28 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.11 0.06 0.02
Brain/CNS 0.30 0.20 0.15 0.12 0.10 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00
Thyroid 12.00 7.80 5.10 3.30 2.10 0.80 0.27 0.08 0.02 0.005 0.001
Remainder 4.30 3.60 3.00 2.40 2.00 1.30 1.10 0.83 0.58 0.32 0.12
Leukemia 2.40 1.20 0.92 0.80 0.74 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.68 0.63 0.45
b) Males
Age at exposure (yr)
Cancer 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Oral Cavity 0.60 0.51 0.42 0.35 0.29 0.20 0.18 0.13 0.08 0.04 0.01
Esophagus 0.72 0.61 0.51 0.43 0.36 0.26 0.24 0.21 0.15 0.08 0.03
Stomach 1.90 1.60 1.30 1.00 0.85 0.56 0.52 0.45 0.35 0.21 0.09
Colon 3.70 3.20 2.70 2.30 1.90 1.40 1.30 1.20 0.91 0.53 0.19
Rectum 0.38 0.32 0.27 0.23 0.20 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.08 0.04 0.01
Liver 1.20 0.99 0.82 0.67 0.56 0.38 0.36 0.31 0.24 0.15 0.07
Gallbladder −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.005 −0.004 −0.004 −0.003 −0.002 −0.001
Pancreas 0.64 0.55 0.47 0.40 0.34 0.24 0.23 0.21 0.15 0.09 0.03
Lung 3.60 3.00 2.50 2.10 1.70 1.20 1.20 1.10 0.92 0.59 0.27
Prostate 2.00 1.70 1.50 1.30 1.10 0.83 0.83 0.74 0.49 0.19 0.05
Bladder 2.70 2.30 2.00 1.70 1.40 1.00 1.00 0.97 0.80 0.49 0.19
Kidney 0.84 0.71 0.61 0.52 0.44 0.32 0.29 0.24 0.16 0.08 0.02
Brain/CNS 1.10 0.75 0.57 0.45 0.36 0.23 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.01
Thyroid 2.10 1.40 0.92 0.60 0.39 0.16 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.001 0.000
Remainder 7.10 6.00 4.90 4.00 3.20 2.10 1.80 1.50 1.10 0.57 0.19
Leukemia 2.80 1.50 1.20 1.00 0.95 0.85 0.85 0.87 0.89 0.83 0.56