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Old 23rd Oct 2003, 00:23
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Not heard of any connection myself. My textbook doesn't even list any aetiology. (Aetiology= the science of cause of disease.)

Had a quick look on medical databases, and again no association between aircrew and renal cancer.

There is some connection between living near Chenobyl, and renal cancer- apparently Caesium exposure doubles the incidence.

If you want to have a search of a thorough medical database, try http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Search&DB=PubMed

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