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Alan Shepard died of leukemia, what is a "classical" radiation cancer I believe.
Not automatically - Leukemia can also be caused by other factors. The chance that a case of leukemia is caused by radiation is higher today though.
But chance is much higher than you get the radiation dose on the ground than in space. Especially in the case of Alan Shepard, who had spend only 216 hours in space and had no Leukemia in the following 24 years.