The following Special Issue will be published in the International Journal of
Environmental Research and Public Health - IJERPH (ISSN 1660-4601,
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/), and is now open to receive
submissions of full research papers and comprehensive review articles for
peer-review and possible publication:

Special Issue: Radiation and Cancer Risk
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/si/ijerph/radiation_cancer_risk/
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2012

Guest Editor: Dr. Joachim Schüz
Head, Section of Environment and Radiation
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
150 Cours Albert Thomas
69372 Lyon Cedex 08
France
Website: http://www.iarc.fr/en/research-groups/ENV/schuzbio.php
E-Mail: schuzj@iarc.fr

Dear Colleagues,

Ionizing radiation is a known cause of cancer. Exposure arises from natural
sources such as cosmic, gamma, internal radiation or radon, as well as from
artificial sources such as medical radiation received for diagnostic or
therapeutic purposes and environmental and occupational exposures.
Indoor radon is the major natural source and, while being an established
cause of lung cancer, some uncertainty remains for its role in other cancers
like childhood leukemia. Keeping in mind the clear benefits of ionizing
radiation for medical purposes, unnecessary exposures should be avoided;
with the increase in the use of for instance computer tomography this
becomes a topical issue. Indeed diagnostic radiation has recently been
estimated to cause approximately 2% of cancers in developed countries.
Further, with a growing population of cancer survivors, many of whom
were treated with radiotherapy, radiation-induced secondary malignancies
are an increasing concern. As for optical radiation, exposure to ultraviolet
radiation from the sun or from artificial sources poses a major risk for skin
cancer. Non-ionising radiation, on the other hand, is suspected to increase
the risk of certain cancers, but the epidemiological data are so far
inconsistent and there are at present no convincing hypotheses concerning
the biological mechanisms for a causal association with cancer. This range
of the radiation spectrum includes radiofrequency electromagnetic fields,
e.g. during cell phone use, and extremely low frequency magnetic fields
such as from high-voltage power lines and other electric installations.

Given the ubiquity of radiation exposure and the uncertainty in cancer risk
associated with low dose ionizing radiation and with non-ionizing radiation,
this Special Issue aims at encouraging reviews and recent original results for
a better understanding of cancers attributable to radiation exposure, with a
view to improve action for cancer prevention. Review articles summarizing
the current state of knowledge and its uncertainties, with suggestions for the
research agenda in radiation research, are particularly encouraged. Equally,
I welcome articles from under-researched areas of the world, including
those describing radiation sources and their potential impact on the local
cancer burden.

I look forward to receiving your innovative contributions that will combine
in a Special Issue to give a broad overview of our knowledge on radiation
and cancer risk.

Dr. Joachim Schüz
Guest Editor

You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline.

Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under
consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send
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