A workshop dedicated to cancer risks associated with
low-dose internal contamination was organised in March 2011, in
Paris, in the framework of the DoReMi (Low Dose Research towards
Multidisciplinary Integration) European Network of Excellence. The
aim was to identify the best epidemiological studies that provide
an opportunity to develop a multidisciplinary approach to improve
the evaluation of the cancer risk associated with internal contamination.
This workshop provided an opportunity for in-depth discussions between
researchers working in different fields including (but not limited
to) epidemiology, dosimetry, biology and toxicology. Discussions
confirmed the importance of research on the health effects of internal
contamination. Several existing epidemiological studies provide
a real possibility to improve the quantification of cancer risk
associated with internal emitters. Areas for future multidisciplinary collaborations
were identified, that should allow feasibility studies to be carried
out in the near future. The goal of this paper is to present an
overview of the presentations and discussions that took place during
this workshop.