opportunity presented can be used to counteract any possible false sense of security arising from short-term tests.
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It is incumbent upon the radon community to network toward public health decision makers and leadership in government, non-profits, and charitable foundations. In addition to the public health benefits, together we can make the case for reducing some fraction of radon’s estimated $10 billion in costs to the U.S. healthcare system through further outreach in support of radon education, testing, and mitigation.
References
1. Field, R.W., American Family Physician, 2018 Sep 1; 98(5): 280-282
2. Lung cancer attributable to radon: https://www.epa.gov/radon/health-risk-radon
3. Lung cancer statistics and survival rates:
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/about/key-statistics.html
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html
4. Revisionist view of EPA miner study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590909/
5. Lifetime costs of lung cancer: https://healthpayerintelligence.com/news/cost-of-cancer-care-reaches-nearly-150b-nationally
6. Risks of CT scans:
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/decision-aids/lung-cancer-screening/patient.html
7. Lung cancer VOC markers: G. Song, et al., Lung Cancer, 67, 2, pp. 227-231 (2010)
8. Breath Diagnostics, Inc. clinical study: https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2019/03/26/breath-diagnostics-mayo-clinic-laboratories-announce-collaboration-to-develop-new-diagnostic-test-that-detects-lung-cancer-using-patients-exhaled-breath/
9. Owlstone Medical clinical study: https://www.owlstonemedical.com/clinical-pipeline/lucid/
10. Liquid biopsy based on ct-DNA:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712255/
11. Liquid biopsy review: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-020-0043-5
12. Stanley, F.K.T., Irvine, J.L., Jacques, W.R. et al., “Radon exposure is rising steadily within the modern North American residential environment and is increasingly uniform across seasons,” Sci Rep 9, 18472 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54891-8
13. State regulations: https://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/radon.aspx#2
14. Radon map and state info: https://www.epa.gov/radon/find-information-about-local-radon-zones-and-state-contact-information#radonmap
15. Library lending programs in Canada:
https://bc.lung.ca/protect-your-lungs/radonaware-program/radon-detector-library-lending-program
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