Lancet Dec. 8th abstract - Chernobyl thyroid cancer incidence

["Michael C. Baker" <mcbaker@LANL.GOV>]

The following abstract may be of interest.



Mike ... mcbaker@lanl.gov



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15 years after Chernobyl: new evidence of thyroid cancer

Yoshisada Shibata, Shunichi Yamashita, Vladimir B Masyakin, Galina D 

Panasyuk, Shigenobu Nagataki



The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident happened on April 26, 1986. We 

investigated the cause of the striking increase in frequency of thyroid 

cancer in children who lived within a 150 km radius of Chernobyl and who 

were born before and after the accident. No thyroid cancer was seen in 9472 

children born in 1987-89, whereas one and 31 thyroid cancers were recorded 

in 2409 children born April 27, 1986, to Dec 31, 1986, and 9720 born Jan 1, 

1983, to April 26, 1986, respectively. Short-lived radioactive fallout 

caused by the Chernobyl accident probably induced thyroid cancer in 

children living near Chernobyl.



Lancet 2001; 358: 1965-66



http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol358/iss9297/full/llan.358.9297.original_research.18710



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