Post-Chernobyl thyroid carcinoma in children

Title: Post-Chernobyl thyroid carcinoma in children
Author: Leenhardt, Laurence / Aurengo, André

Reference: Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 14 (4), p.667-677, Dec 2000

doi: 10.1053/beem.2000.0109

Keywords: Chernobyl; accidents, radiation; children, thyroid carcinoma; thyroid neoplasms/*genetics; carcinoma, papillary/*genetics; molecular sequence data; mutation/*genetics; gene rearrangement; Ukraine; Belarus

Abstract: The dramatic increase in childhood thyroid carcinoma observed in Belarus and Ukraine as early as 4 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, is well recognized as being a consequence of exposure to radioactive iodine fallout. Uncertainties persist concerning the contamination and the dosimetric data. Thyroid nodule, cervical lymph nodes or systematic ultrasound thyroid screening in exposed children led to the diagnosis….

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1521690X0090109X