Reference: Journal Thyronet 2002 № 1-2
Abstract: Ostapenko et al. (Minsk, Belarus; New York, USA) investigated the relationship between the level of urinary iodine excretion, thyroglobulin (TG), thyroid volume and the incidence of thyroid cancer and nodular goiter among 11,200 inhabitants of Belarus, who, at the time of the accident, were under 18 years of age.
Reference: Journal Thyronet 2002 № 1-2
Keywords: Comments by Hennemann G., Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Abstract: Ostapenko V., et al. (Minsk, Belarus; Bethesda, New York, USA) examined the level of TG in 9334 of inhabitants of Belarus, residing in a region of moderate iodine deficiency, aged, at the time of the Chernobyl accident, 0 – 18. Among the examinees, 4671 did not show any pathology of the thyroid gland, whereas 53 showed papillary thyroid cancer, 496 showed solitary nodules in the thyroid gland, and 198 showed multinodular goiter. Compared with the first group (control), the other three showed a statistically significant increase in triglycerides.
Reference: Journal Thyronet / / 2003 / / № 2
Abstract: Kuchinskaya EA, et al. (Minsk, Belarus) examined the level of AT-TG and TPO (thyroid peroxidase) antibodies in 157 children and adolescents with AIT and 126 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM-1). It was found that in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis residing in Gomel, who were exposed to radiation during the Chernobyl accident, the level of AT-TG and TPO antibodies were significantly higher (p <0,05), compared to patients who live in Minsk, who was not radioactively contaminated. Similarly, the prevalence of carriage of AT-TPO was higher among patients with type-1 diabetes mellitus from Gomel, compared with patients from Minsk (40% vs 27%; p <0,05).
Author: DE, Shilin
Reference: Журнал Тиронет (Journal Tironet) / / 2000 / / № 3
Abstract: The aim of our study was a retrospective analysis of data obtained, during 1992-97, from the Russian fragment of the International project “Thyroid gland: a standardized analysis of iodine sufficiency in Europe” (“Tiromobil-97″ in the Belgorod and Voronezh regions), Federal Program “Children of Chernobyl” (Orel region, observed after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant areas), and surveys on schoolchildren in Moscow. All these areas belong to regions with iodine deficiency (mild to moderate). Comprehensive discussion is given on data obtained on a samples of almost three thousand children aged 6 to 15 (number = 2939).
Author: Shu-Yang Cheng, Peter Smith
Reference: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 30 October – 4 November 2005Thyroid international 1 – 2006
Journal Tironet 2006 No.2
Author: Translation and introduction: P.O. Rumyantsev Furio Pacini, Martin Schlumberger, Henning Dralle, Rossella Ilizea, Johan Smith, Wilmar Versinga, European Expert Group
Reference: Journal Tironet, № 3, 2006
Keywords: thyroid nodules
Abstract: This consensus is approved by the European Thyroid Association (ETA) and the Cancer Research Group. The European College of experts on thyroid cancer.
URL: http://www.thyronet.ru/spetsialistam/zhurnal/archiv/2006g/3/
Author: Stolyarova, Svetlana Anatol’evna
Reference: Dissertation, Moscow, 2007
Keywords: Radiobiology
Abstract: Thyroid pathology of children. Deficit in iodine and radioactive aspects. Materials and methods of research. Results of the research.
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Author: Olga Ermakova
Reference: dissertation Syktyvkar, Russia 03.00.01 2008 WAC
Abstract: Analysis of endocrine systems, morphological aspects, and the like of rodents living in the 30-km zone of the Chernobyl NPP. Expression of low-dose chronic exposure’s effects, including cytogenetic effects, is observed.
Title: Comparative analysis of cytogenetic indices of the thyroid gland in children and adolescents since the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the contaminated territories of the Oryol and Kaluga regions
Author: Sevankaev A.V., Parshin B.C., Mihaylova G.F., Hvostunov I.K., Tsepenko V.V., Potetnya O.I., Golub E.V., Pyatenko B.C., Pozdyshkina O.V., Omarashabov N.O.
Reference: Radiation and Lisk 2006 vol.15 No.1-2
Keywords: children, teenagers, Oryol, Kaluga
Abstract: The paper presents the results of examination of children and teenagers living on the contaminated areas of Oryol (248 subjects) and Kaluga (224 subjects) oblasts since the Chernobyl accident occurred. The goal of the study was carrying out a comparative analysis the results of cytogenetic assay and estimation of morphologic-function status of thyroid glands by ultrasonic exclusion. The study was consisted of synchronous ultrasonic diagnosis and cytogenetic analysis of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes performed in 1998 and 2003 years in two oblasts respectively. Based on combined cytogenetic data it was found no significant discrepancy between healthy and thyroid gland pathology subjects studied in both oblasts. At once the subgroup with high level of chromosomal aberrations exhibited elevated percentage of thyroid diseases compared with the subgroup with low level of chromosomal aberrations, namely by 15% for Kaluga and by 25 % for Oryol oblasts. The highest level of thyroid gland disease incidence was found in the subgroup of subjects with high level of chromosomal aberrations who was born in 1986-1987 years, that is by 44 % for Kaluga and by 110 % for Oryol oblasts.
Title: Estimation of absorbed dose in thyroid gland of Bryansk, Tula, Oryol regions based on Radiometry in 1986 year
Author: Zvonova I.A., Balonov M.I., Bratilova A.A., Baleva G.E., Gridasova S.A., Mitrohin M.A., Sazhneva V.P.
Reference: Radiation and Lisk 1997 No.10
Keywords: absorbed dose, Bryansk, Tula, Oryol
Abstract: Equipment and methods, used for measurements of 131I in thyroid among inhabitants in three regions of the Russian Federation – Bryansk, Tula, Orel, which were most heavy contaminated with radioactive fall-out after the Chernobyl accident, are described in the article. Techniques of estimation 131I activity and dose in thyroid based on measurements are presented. A model of 131I intake in human body is proposed which takes into account applied protective measures and an algorithm for calculating thyroid dose is described. Examples of performed measurements, calculated 131I activity and estimated doses in thyroids in some contaminated areas of Russia are presented. An average thyroid dose in children who lived in the villages was by 2-5 times and in towns by 1.5-12 times higher than that in adults. The mean mass of thyroid glands in adult inhabitants in the Bryansk region was estimated as 27 g, which exceeds the value for a standard man (20 g). This fact was taken into account in the dosimetric calculation.