The data showed there is a high correlation between the proportion of doctors and the incidence of cancer, Gofman said. Scientists have known for a long time that radiation is a mutation that can cause cancer, but the strength of radiation effects continues to be under dispute. One UC Berkeley professor said although he has not reviewed Gofman's data, the findings of the study seem unlikely. Nevertheless, Gofman maintains that X-rays are a contributing factor in heart disease and several types of cancer. He said medical radiation causes gene mutations that accumulate each time a patient is exposed.
Radiation causes cancer by mutating genetic data, causing tumor cells.
Over time, these cells build up to form a cancerous mass. Then 10 years down the line, the radiation-induced mutations build up and cause cancer. The great deceit began in the early 1970s. Doctors were gung ho to use it on a large scale. A jump to the exposure of a quarter of a million persons to something which could do more harm than good was criminal and it was supported by money from the federal government and the American Cancer Society.