Benefit and side effects of radioiodine therapy in radiation-induced childhood thyroid carcinoma

Title: Benefit and side effects of radioiodine therapy in radiation-induced childhood thyroid carcinoma
Author: Reiners, Christoph / Biko, Johannes / Demidchik, Yuri E. / Drozd, Valentina M.

Reference: International Congress Series, 1299, p.174-182, Feb 2007

doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.10.005

Keywords: Childhood thyroid carcinoma; Chernobyl; Radiation induction; Treatment response; Side effects

Abstract: After the Chernobyl reactor accident, the incidence of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents living in contaminated areas of the Ukraine and Belarus increased significantly. In total, 4600 cases of thyroid cancer have been observed between 1986 and 2002 among those aged 0–18 years at the time of the reactor accident…. Thyroid surgery was performed in the Center for Thyroid Tumors in Minsk, Belarus, and radioiodine therapy followed in Germany at the Universities of Essen (until the end of 1994) and afterwards the University of Würzburg….

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513106006042