title: Radiosensitivity of skin fibroblasts from atomic bomb survivors with and without breast cancer.
abstract: Fibroblasts were established in vitro from skin biopsies obtained from 55 women and 1 man with or without breast cancer and with or without exposure to radiation from the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima. The radiosensitivity of these cells was evaluated by clonogenic assays after exposure to X-rays or to fission neutrons from a 252Cf source. Data were fitted to a multitarget model, S/S0 = A [1 - (1 - ekD)N], for both X-ray and neutron dose-survival curves. A single hit model, S/S0 = AekD, fits the neutron dose-survival responses as well. There were no differences in the means or variances of radiosensitivity between exposed and nonexposed groups or between patients with or without breast cancer. Hence, although the sample is not large, it provides no support for the hypothesis that atomic bomb radiation preferentially induces breast cancer in women whose cells in vitro are sensitive to cell killing by radiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Setlow
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dohi
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Awa
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D002470:Cell Survival; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D009502:Neutrons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout