Re: Fallout blamed for thyroid cancer

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>]

September 17, 1998
Davis, CA

At the American Cancer SOCIETY website http://www.cancer.org I found that
the U.S. death rate from thyroid cancer has decreased by about 20% since
1974. However, this may reflect improved treatment since currently about
90% of thyroid cancer cases are cured. The current death rate is about 0.4
cases per 100,000 people in the U.S. It may also mean that there were
actually few if any cases caused by the I-131 doses associated with weapons
tests.

Otto
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