Data has shown high survival rate of children having thyroid cancer due to the Chernobyl accident

Reference: 26 April, 2013, News on Oncology

Keywords: development of screening

Abstract: Almost all children with thyroid cancer, subjected to research, have responded successfully to treatment. Thanks to the lessons of Chernobyl, researchers have developed knowledge of screening the early stage of thyroid cancer in children and young adults. Thus, later accidents, including Fukushima, should have less spreading of thyroid cancer.

URL: http://www.oncc.ru/issledovanie-pokazalo-vysokij-uroven-vyzhivaemosti-u-detej-s-rakom-shhitovidnoj-zhelezy-posle-chernobylskoj-avarii/

Chernobyl research data has shown high survival rates in young adults having thyroid cancer

Author: Aleksandr Kavokin

Reference: РосЗдрав(Russian Health) 27.04.2013

Keywords: survival rate, Chernobyl lessons, Fukushima

Abstract: Although people in Japan fear “epidemiology”, according to appropriate and immediate actions taken after the Fukushima accident, the authorities have succeeded in decreasing the risk of thyroid cancer. Due to the lessons of Chernobyl, screening was introduced in the early stage, after Fukushima, which shall have its good consequences.

URL: http://www.roszdrav.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=307:radiation-thyroid-cancer-survival-iodine&catid=121:research&Itemid=5