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Figure 2. Graph shows estimated excess cancer mortality by age at exposure in a stationary population that has U.S. mortality rates and that is exposed to a radiation dose of 50 mSv (16). Estimates are shown for respiratory cancers, digestive cancers, and female breast cancers. Note the different age dependence for lung cancer incidence.