Pattern of Cancers among Patients Managed at the Oncology Clinic of Jos University Teaching Hospital: A Retrospective Review
Background: Plateau State, Nigeria, has a long history of tin and columbite mining, resulting in elevated environmental concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs), including uranium, thorium, and radon, as well as contamination by carcinogenic heavy metals. Although direct epidemiological evidence linking mining-related rad...