Table 1. Observed and excess solid cancers observed up to 1998 in the exposed group, according to radiation dose.
Weighted colon dose (Gy) | LSS subjects | Cancers | Attributable risk (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Observed | Estimated excess | |||
0.005–0.1 | 27,789 | 4406 | 81 | 1.8 |
0.1–0.2 | 5,527 | 968 | 75 | 7.6 |
0.2–0.5 | 5,935 | 1144 | 179 | 15.7 |
0.5–1.0 | 3,173 | 688 | 206 | 29.5 |
1.0–2.0 | 1,647 | 460 | 196 | 44.2 |
>2.0 | 564 | 185 | 111 | 61.0 |
Total | 44,635 | 7851 | 848 | 10.7 |
This is a simplified version of Table 9 in Preston et al. (2007), which tabulates all cancers observed from 1958 through 1998 among 105,427 LSS cohort members. LSS, Life Span Study.