Radon - 1248706

chebird
Posts:104

Good morning.

I am curious about something that I personally haven't seen addressed.

Does a radon-caused cancer usually show up as a particular type? Both my mom and husband developed adenocarcinoma. We live in an area with a lot of granite, and an area about ten miles away is noted to have the highest amount of radon detected in the country.

Since I do quite of bit "blabbing" for lc awareness in my community, if there is a connection, I would have more to blab about:)

Thanks for all you do here!

Holly

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Reply # - October 5, 2012, 07:55 AM

catdander
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Hi Holly,

I'll certainly send out a request on this.
How scarey for the community to find this out.
I wonder if you would mind letting us know where that is?

Thanks for being a blabber mouth for lung cancer. :wink:
It's a very important and difficult task.

Janine

Reply # - October 5, 2012, 08:21 AM

chebird
Posts: 104

Hi Janine,

It's not a new finding, but not many know about it (or can do much about it).

The area with the high findings is in Prescott, Arizona. It's called Granite Dells. It is absolutely gorgeous and a highly desirable area in which to live.

I just read in Health magazine that women have a 1 in 36 lifetime chance of dying from breast cancer, yet there is a 1 in 20 lifetime risk for women of dying from lung cancer. Interesting which one gets so much press (deserved however). Blah, blah:)

Holly

Reply # - October 5, 2012, 08:31 AM

catdander
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Yes too true.

I've known about radon for years too but haven't worried about it because I've mostly always lived in drafty old houses.

What I didn't do before was do a search on Grace. It turns out we have lots on the subject. You may need to log off to access the search results below. And if you would let me know if you do need to log off and if you are using explorer browser, I would be interested in knowing. The search engine and it's results don't always play fair.

Thanks,

http://cancergrace.org/search-results?q=radon

Reply # - October 5, 2012, 08:50 AM

chebird
Posts: 104

Wow, Janine!

I was able to access your link quite easily through the email.

From what I read, it looks like it is possible that radon had something to do with my mom's and husband's lc, although my mom and husband both smoked for years. But I was always curious why my smoking Mexican husband showed the egfr mutation and has done well on Tarceva.

I'm going to test my home for radon.

Thanks so much for the links!

Holly

Reply # - October 5, 2012, 09:24 AM

catdander
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If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean through the email?

Reply # - October 5, 2012, 11:20 AM

chebird
Posts: 104

When I get a reply, the message shows up in my email, and I can access it that way. It's much easier than to find it on the forum:)

There's a message we can check when we post that says, "Notify me of replies via email." Very handy!

Reply # - October 5, 2012, 04:51 PM

Dr West
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I would say that there isn't any particular association between radon and any specific type of lung cancer or feature of it. It's just known that radon is a contributor to the risk of developing lung cancer in general.

-Dr. West

Reply # - October 9, 2012, 10:22 PM

gloria linnertz
Posts: 2

I suggest that everyone test their home for radioactive radon gas which is odorless, tasteless and invisible. To find out more about radon go to www.cansar.org to learn more about those who didn't know they were living with high levels of radon until they were diagnosed with lung cancer.

Test kits are very inexpensive and if the level is elevated, the fix is very reasonable for a life-saving measure.

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