Increase of incidence of thyroid cnacer in the Chernobyl accident zone
Author: N. Pavlovskaya
Reference: РМЖ Независимое издание для практикующих врачей (BC independent publication for practitioners)
Keywords: cause of thyroid cancer, various research
Abstract: Coordinator of International Projects WHO on diseases of the thyroid gland, Dr. K. Baverstock, believes that among 1 million children who have fallen under irradiation in Belarus, a few percent are at risk to acquire thyroid cancer. Expert from the Cambridge University, Dr. D. Williams considers this percentage to be 10%. However, even if we assume that the radiation is the main cause of the epidemic of thyroid cancer, it is unclear exactly which radioisotopes play a major role and what other factors may be present to influence the disease. At the beginning, cesium 137 was in focus, however, nowadays radioiodine has replaced its position.
…An epidemiological study to determine the role of genetic factors in the overall picture of increasing the incidence of cancer will be among the other 25 studies of thyroid cancer in children, conducted in three different countries.
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