Thyroid cancer in Belarus

Title: Thyroid cancer in Belarus

Author: Demidchik, Evgueni P / Demidchik, Yuri E / Gedrevich, Zigmund E / Mrochek, Alexandr G / Ostapenko, Vladislav A / Kenigsberg, Jacov E / Buglova, Elena E / (…) / Mankouskaya, Svetlana V

Reference: International Congress Series, 1234, p.69-75, May 2002

doi: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00596-9

Keywords: Thyroid cancer; Estimated risk; Chernobyl accident; Incidence

Abstract: The Chernobyl accident in April and May of 1986 promoted thyroid carcinomas in 1500 patients who were exposed to radiation at the age group under 18. The common type of malignancy was papillary cancer (93.5%). For the period from 1990 to 2000, thyroid carcinomas were diagnosed in 674 children (age group under 15), in 262 adolescents (age group between 15 and 19) and in 564 young adults (age group from 19 to 33). The highest number of thyroid malignancies in children and adolescents was diagnosed in Gomel and Brest oblasts located closer to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant….

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513101005969