Title: Radiation epidemiology: a perspective on Fukushima
Author: John D Boice Jr
Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, 32 (1), p.N33-N40, Mar 2012
doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/32/1/N33
Abstract: …containment vessel in the Chernobyl reactor, and a fire…millions of children (mean thyroid dose, 100 mGy, ranging…mGy). An epidemic of thyroid cancer resulted [23, 24, 28…2. Fukushima is not Chernobyl nor is it Hiroshima and…
Title: Insular-type component follicular thyroid carcinoma in a 10-year-old girl—case report
Author: Prommegger, Rupert / Häussler, Beatrice / Gabriel, Michael / Ensinger, Christian / Sauper, Tonja / Hager, Josef
Reference: Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 41 (6), p.e5-e7, Jun 2006
doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.02.030
Abstract: …medullary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid carcinoma in childhood…therapy, incidence of thyroid carcinoma decreased…per year [4] . The Chernobyl power plant accident…increase of pediatric thyroid carcinomas in Belarus…resembling medullary thyroid cancer [6] . Thyroid cancer…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346806001424
Title: ARCH—Agenda for Research on Chernobyl Health New ICNIRP exposure guidelines Scale of UK exposure to x-rays revealed
Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, 31 (1), p.151-154, Mar 2011
doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/31/1/M03
Abstract: …was recognised: Chernobyl is comparable only…Agenda for Research on Chernobyl Health’. ARCH has…radiation from the Chernobyl accident has recently…Ukraine with detailed thyroid dose measurements…priority, monitoring of cancer rates to determine…
Title: Thyroid disorders. Part III: neoplastic thyroid disease
Author: Little, James W.
Reference: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology, 102 (3), p.275-280, Sep 2006
doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.05.071
Abstract: …other types of neck cancer treated by irradiation have increased risk for thyroid cancer. 4 Children exposed to radioactive fallout from Chernobyl have been found to have an increase in thyroid cancer. 4 External medical…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1079210405004713
Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 3, 2001 99 Research…
Author: Hiroyuki Tsuda, Malcolm A Moore
Reference: [PDF-166K]Oct 2008 Cancer Screening: A Review with Particular Attention to Areas
for Future International Research Efforts
Abstract: …creating organizational change. Thyroid High risk groups for thyroid cancer include individuals suffering…incidences seen after the Chernobyl disaster (Pacini et al…enforced mass screening for thyroid cancer was detected in a study conducted…
URL: http://www.apocp.org/cancer_download/Vol3_No2/Hiroyuki%20Tsuda.pdf
Title: Thyroid nodules: Does the suspicion for malignancy really justify the increased thyroidectomy rates?
Author: Sakorafas, George H. / Peros, George / Farley, David R.
Reference: Surgical Oncology, 15 (1), p.43-55, Jul 2006
doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2006.07.001
Keywords: Thyroid; Cancer; Incidentalomas; Nodule; Fine-needle aspiration; Cytology; Unnecessary surgery; Tumor; Goiter; Ultrasound
Abstract: …as a risk factor for thyroid carcinoma has been underscored…increase in the incidence of thyroid carcinoma (especially in children) following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the…patient with a solitary thyroid nodule requires a thorough…incidence of thyroid cancer increases with age in…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960740406000272
Author: Kaul, Alexander
Reference: Environment International, 14 (2), p.83-89, Jan 1988
doi: 10.1016/0160-4120(88)90084-0
Abstract: …REACTOR ACCIDENT IN CHERNOBYL IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC…As a result of the Chernobyl reactor accident, and…were taken to limit the thyroid dose to infants to a…established. Due to the Chernobyl fallout, the upper…of the spontaneous cancer mortality of 20% per…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0160412088900840
Title: Guidelines of the French society of endocrinology for the management of thyroid nodules
Author: Wémeau, J.-L. / Sadoul, J.-L. / d’Herbomez, M. / Monpeyssen, H. / Tramalloni, J. / Leteurtre, E. / Borson-Chazot, F. / (…) / Leenhardt, L.
Reference: Annales d’Endocrinologie, 72 (4), p.251-281, Sep 2011
doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2011.05.003
Abstract: …suggests that thyroid nodules are due to…3-fold) and cancer (even though the…irradiation (the Chernobyl accident) resulted…notion that the chernobyl accident had an influence on thyroid diseases in France…The risk of cancer is similar…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003426611000874
Title: Risk factors for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma in patients with thyroid nodular disease
Author: Raza, S. Naweed / Shah, Manish D. / Palme, Carsten E. / Hall, Francis T. / Eski, Spiro / Freeman, Jeremy L.
Reference: Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 139 (1), p.21-26, Jul 2008
doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.10.021
Abstract: …well-differentiated thyroid cancer reported with…patients with thyroid nodular disease…result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident…such as Chernobyl and nuclear…incidence of thyroid carcinoma…well-differentiated thyroid cancer may be either…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0194599807018955
Title: Vingt ans après : les leçons de Chernobyl
Author: Wemeau, J.L.
Reference: Annales d’Endocrinologie, 67 (6), p.630-631, Dec 2006
doi: 10.1016/S0003-4266(06)73020-7
Abstract: …minisatellite rate in post-chernobyl families from Ukraine…O, Tirmarche M et al. Thyroid cancers in France and the Chernobyl accident. Health Phys…nostic practices affect thyroid cancer incidence in France. Eur…
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003426606730207