Heidenreich W F, Atkinson M, Paretzke H G
GSF-Institute for Radiation Protection, Neuherberg, Germany.
Radiat Res. 2001 Jun;155(6):870-2. doi: 10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0870:ricici]2.0.co;2.
Radiation can inactivate cells that are replaced by dividing neighboring cells. If cells on the way to malignancy can fill the deficit faster than healthy cells, their number increases. A major part of the radon-induced lung cancers in the Colorado miners can be explained by a moderate increase in the replacement probability.
辐射可使细胞失活,这些失活细胞会被分裂的相邻细胞所取代。如果正在恶变的细胞能够比健康细胞更快地填补这一空缺,其数量就会增加。科罗拉多矿工中氡诱发的肺癌,很大一部分可以用替换概率的适度增加来解释。