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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2009 Mar 20;54(8):2277–2291. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/8/002

Table 1.

Coefficient of lifetime risk of fatal second cancer (MT), tissue weighting factor (wT) and lethality fraction (LT) from ICRP Publication 60 (1990).

Tumor site MT(%/Sv) wT LT
Gonads 0.10 0.2 0.70
Bone marrow (red) 0.50 0.12 0.99
Colon 0.85 0.12 0.55
Lung 0.85 0.12 0.95
Stomach 1.10 0.12 0.90
Bladder 0.30 0.05 0.50
Breast 0.20 0.05 0.50
Liver 0.15 0.05 0.95
Esophagus 0.30 0.05 0.95
Thyroid 0.08 0.05 0.10
Skin 0.02 0.01 0.002
Bone surface 0.05 0.01 0.70
Remainder 0.50 0.05 0.71