Lessons learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima on thyroid cancer screening and recommendations in case of a future nuclear accident

Lessons learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima on thyroid cancer screening and recommendations in case of a future nuclear accident

Exposure of the thyroid gland to ionizing radiation at a young age is the main recognized risk factor for differentiated thyroid cancer. After the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents, thyroid cancer screening was implemented mainly for children, leading to case over-diagnosis as seen in South...

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Main Authors: Enora Cléro, Evgenia Ostroumova, Claire Demoury, Bernd Grosche, Ausrele Kesminiene, Liudmila Liutsko, Yvon Motreff, Deborah Oughton, Philippe Pirard, Agnès Rogel, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Dominique Laurier, Elisabeth Cardis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Environment International
Subjects:
Thyroid cancer
Screening
Health monitoring
Nuclear accident
Recommendation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020321851

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