The Chernobyl Tissue Bank, an international collaboration to investigate the relationship between the exposure to radiation in childhood and thyroid cancer

Title: The Chernobyl Tissue Bank, an international collaboration to investigate the relationship between the exposure to radiation in childhood and thyroid cancer

Author: Thomas, Geraldine A. / Tuttle, Michael / on behalf of the Collaborative Management Committee, Scientific Project Panel and Pathology and Blood Panels of the CTB,

Reference: International Congress Series, 1299, p.167-173, Feb 2007

doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.10.015

Keywords: Chernobyl; Tissue bank; Molecular biology

Abstract: The only unequivocal radiological effect of the Chernobyl accident on human health is the increase in thyroid cancer in those exposed in childhood. In response to the scientific interest in studying the molecular biology of thyroid cancer post-Chernobyl, the Chernobyl Tissue Bank (CTB: www.chernobyltissuebank.com) was established. The project is supported by the governments of Ukraine and Russia, and financially supported (US$3 M) by the European Commission, the National Cancer Institute of the USA, the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation of Japan and the World Health Organization. Full informed consent is obtained from donors; each case is subject to pathological review by an international panel. Aliquots of extracted nucleic acid (RNA and DNA from tissue, DNA from blood) serum are made available to researchers worldwide. …

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513106005930

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