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Table 3 Cancer cases after radiation exposure in Korea (2005–2014)

From: Probability of causation for occupational cancer after exposure to ionizing radiation

No

Dx Year

sex

Industry

Job

Disease

1st Exp

Dx age

DR

CDose (mSv)

Decision

Latency

PC1

PC2

95th

99th

95th

99th

1

2005

male

Nuclear power plant

Radioactive Waste Treatment

Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the External Auditory Canal

34

60

16y

284

NA

26y

0

16.7

6.9

13.3

2

2004

male

Service

NDT

Carcinoma of unknown primary site

30

46

9 m

1870

A

16

61.7

67.3

50.7

62.4

3

2009

male

Healthcare

Radiologist

Thyroid papillary cancer

28

36

8y8m

245

NA

8y8m

21.9

33.3

21.9

33.3

4

2005

male

Nuclear power plant

Operator

Gastric cancer/pancreatic cancer

19

53

21y5m

21.4

NA

24y

6.2

10

4.6

7.2

5

2006

male

Nuclear power plant

Operator

Acute myelocytic leukemia

23

34

11y

16.5

NA

11y

16

20.1

24.4

29.3

6

2010

male

Semiconductor

Maintenance

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

24

37

13

34.7

NA

13y

34.9

40.3

35.8

41.3

7

2011

male

Service

X-ray Installation Instrument

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma

30

39

6y

265

A

9y

8.1

15.7

4

7.2

8

2009

female

Semiconductor

Operator

Breast Cancer

19

33

4y8m

16.4

NA

13y

9.2

12

5.6

7.2

9

2011

male

Healthcare

Radiologist

Chronic myelocytic leukemia

24

45

22y

204

A

22y

60.4

65

55

58.9

10

2011

male

Machine manufacturing

Maintenance

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

27

56

47d

1.7

NA

29y

1.5

2.3

0.9

1

11

2011

male

Service

NDT

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

27

37

10y1m

51

A

10y1m

48

53.8

45.3

50.8

12

2011

male

Service

NDT

Acute myeloblastic leukemia

37

42

2 m

7.2

NA

15

10.6

12.8

14.2

17.5

13

2011

male

Healthcare

Radiologist

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

35

45

9 m

8.3

A

10y

7.6

9.1

6.5

7.5

14

2012

female

Dental clinic

Radiography

Thyroid papillary cancer

38

50

6y5m

93.4

NA

12y

8.0

14.8

8.0

14.8

15

2013

male

Healthcare

Radiological Technologist

Rectal cancer

25

52

26y

72.2

NA

26y

1.2

1.9

1

1.6

16

2013

female

Healthcare

Radiological Technologist

Thyroid papillary cancer

43

28

16y

3.8

NA

16y

0.7

1.2

0.7

1.2

  1. Dx year: year of diagnosis, 1st exp.: age at first exposure, latency: years from first exposure to diagnosis, NDT: non-destructive test, Dr.: exposure duration in year, CDOSE: cumulative dose in mSv, y: year, m: month, decision: result of workers’ compensation process, A: accepted, NA: not accepted, PC1: Probability of Causation assessed by Radiation Health Research Institute-Program for Estimating the Probability of Causation, PC2: Probability of Causation assessed by Occupational Safety and Health-Probability of Causation