Residential Radon: The Neglected Risk Factor in Lung Cancer Risk Scores

摘要

There are some published scores to estimate lung cancer risk of mortality or incidence. Nevertheless, no score has included residential radon as a variable to be considered when estimating lung cancer risk. In this commentary we discuss the importance of including residential radon as a factor to be taken into account when calculating lung cancer risk. (C) 2016 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.