Pilots, Flight Attendants Top in the List of Radiation-Related Cancer Deathshms.harvard.edu 11 pointsXzetaU825 days ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−Terr_25dThe researchers analyzed radiation- and non-radiation-related cancers across occupations.How does that categorization usually work? Is it radiation-related by default whenever there is no obvious risk factor from genes, lifestyle, etc?Or are there certain cancers that are notably uncorrelated with radiation exposure, known from prior research to this?−mishellaneous25dit looks from the article that some cancers are notably correlated with radiation exposure, and these were the ones they looked for. they also mention excluding lung cancer because it's also correlated with smoking.
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How does that categorization usually work? Is it radiation-related by default whenever there is no obvious risk factor from genes, lifestyle, etc?
Or are there certain cancers that are notably uncorrelated with radiation exposure, known from prior research to this?
it looks from the article that some cancers are notably correlated with radiation exposure, and these were the ones they looked for. they also mention excluding lung cancer because it's also correlated with smoking.