Z01 CP010134 (Z01) | |||
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Title | Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors | ||
Institution | NCI, Bethesda, MD | ||
Principal Investigator | Land | NCI Program Director | N/A |
Cancer Activity | N/A | Division | DCEG |
Funded Amount | $542,516 | Project Dates | 12/01/1979 - N/A |
Fiscal Year | 2007 | Project Type | Intramural |
Research Topics w/ Percent Relevance | Cancer Types w/ Percent Relevance | ||
Aging (9.001%) Helicobacter Pylori (1.5%) |
Bladder (1.5%) Brain (2.368%) Breast (4.023%) Colon/Rectum (3.0%) Esophagus (1.5%) Hodgkins disease (3.426%) Liver Cancer (1.5%) Lung (3.995%) Melanoma (8.937%) Multiple Myeloma (1.5%) Non Hodgkins lymphoma (3.846%) Ovarian Cancer (1.5%) Pancreas (1.5%) Salivary Glands (1.5%) Stomach (1.5%) Thyroid (3.004%) |
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Research Type | |||
Exogenous Factors in the Origin and Cause of Cancer Endogenous Factors in the Origin and Cause of Cancer |
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Abstract | |||
The Life Span Study (LSS) cohort of 94,000 survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings is being studied in collaboration with the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF). Cohort studies are used to quantify environmental radiation dose r |