RE: Op-Ed in International Herald Tribune

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Of course astronauts develop cancer.  And heart disease.  And strokes.  One

of our astronauts, Allan Shepard, died recently of leukemia at the age of

74.  It would be hard to do an epidemiological study of them as (1) the

number is small, (2) most are still alive, and (3) some have died because of

their life style, i.e., test pilots.



-- John 

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist 

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD  20715-2024



E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)      



-----Original Message-----

From: Thomas J Savin [mailto:tjsav@LYCOS.COM]

Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:33 AM

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: Op-Ed in International Herald Tribune





Greetings all,



One question - What then, or how much, are the astronauts/cosmonauts exposed

to? Have any of them developed cancer?  If so, what is their cancer rate

compared to the "normal population"?

. . .

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