title: Ionizing radiation causing a risk of cancer in man: a short review and a discussion.
abstract: An attempt has been made to present, in short review, the most important carcinogens that have been implicated in the development of cancer in the various organ sites of the human body and to demonstrate the relatively minor role played by ionizing radiation, especially radiotherapy, in causing a risk of cancer in man.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D011871:Radiology; D012142:Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D012306:Risk; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology