SCREENING OF THYROID CANCER AFTER CHERNOBYL

Title: SCREENING OF THYROID CANCER AFTER CHERNOBYL

Author: Ashizawa K, Nagataki S

Reference: International Journal of Radiation Medicine 1999, 3–4 (3–4): 25–28 25

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Keywords: screening,

Abstract: Since an accurate estimation of basal incidence of thyroid diseases around Chernobyl is essentially needed to discuss the relationship between radiation and thyroid diseases. Within the framework of the Chernobyl Sasakawa Project, we have screened and monitored childhood thyroid diseases. This project completed its 5-year health screening project at the end of April 1996, and a total of about 160,000 children were examined at the diagnostic centres located around Chernobyl. The results of the health screening have been separately published every year since 1992 by the respective centres on the basis of their presentation at the Chernobyl Sasakawa Medical Symposium. In 1997 the summary of the past 5 years-medical examination has been published and now all the data of screening were open.

URL: http://www.physiciansofchernobyl.org.ua/magazine/PDFS/3-4_1999/3_3_99_63.pdf