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Radon Exposure-Therapeutic Effect and Cancer Risk.


ABSTRACT: Largely unnoticed, all life on earth is constantly exposed to low levels of ionizing radiation. Radon, an imperceptible natural occurring radioactive noble gas, contributes as the largest single fraction to radiation exposure from natural sources. For that reason, radon represents a major issue for radiation protection. Nevertheless, radon is also applied for the therapy of inflammatory and degenerative diseases in galleries and spas to many thousand patients a year. In either case, chronic environmental exposure or therapy, the effect of radon on the organism exposed is still under investigation at all levels of interaction. This includes the physical stage of diffusion and energy deposition by radioactive decay of radon and its progeny and the biological stage of initiating and propagating a physiologic response or inducing cancer after chronic exposure. The purpose of this manuscript is to comprehensively review the current knowledge of radon and its progeny on physical background, associated cancer risk and potential therapeutic effects.

SUBMITTER: Maier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796069 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Radon Exposure-Therapeutic Effect and Cancer Risk.

Maier Andreas A   Wiedemann Julia J   Rapp Felicitas F   Papenfuß Franziska F   Rödel Franz F   Hehlgans Stephanie S   Gaipl Udo S US   Kraft Gerhard G   Fournier Claudia C   Frey Benjamin B  

International journal of molecular sciences 20201230 1


Largely unnoticed, all life on earth is constantly exposed to low levels of ionizing radiation. Radon, an imperceptible natural occurring radioactive noble gas, contributes as the largest single fraction to radiation exposure from natural sources. For that reason, radon represents a major issue for radiation protection. Nevertheless, radon is also applied for the therapy of inflammatory and degenerative diseases in galleries and spas to many thousand patients a year. In either case, chronic envi  ...[more]

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