Irradiation can cause cancer
The first case of cancer resulting from irradiation was described in 1904. In 1944, it was noticed that doctors working with X-rays were 10 times more likely to die from leukemia compared to other doctors. In the survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, the first cases of leukemia were seen in 1948. As a rule, leukemia occurs after 8 years from exposure, while other types of tumors after 20, 30 or 40 years from exposure.

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