Latent cancer of the thyroid and the Chernobyl accident: are they related
Creators
- 1. RAMN, Obninsk (Russian Federation). Meditsinskij Radiologicheskij Nauchnyj Tsentr
Description
To assess the incidence in latent thyroid cancer after the Chernobyl accident and determine the contribution of radioactive contamination to its development the histologic examination of the thyroid samples obtained at autopsies and forensic medical autopsies of 107 subjects (87 men and 20 women) dead for various causes at the age off 9 to 76 years was carried ut. Twenty of these were residents of contaminated and 87 of noncontaminated regions of the Kaluga district of Russia. No differences in the structure of the thyroid and in the incidence of latent tumors and nontumor formations of the thyroid were revealed in subjects living in contaminated and noncontaminated regions. The tumors were classified as papillary microcarcinomas of papillary, mixed, and follicular structure. Comparative analysis of the incidence of latent thyroid cancer in contaminated and noncontaminated regions in remote periods after the Chernobyl accident may help precisely assess the contribution of the radiation factor to its development. 14 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Скрытый рак щитовидной железы и авария на Чернобыльской АЭС: есть ли связь
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Meditsinskaya Radiologiya i Radiatsionnaya Bezopasnost'
- Journal Volume
- 42
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 47-50.
- ISSN
- 1024-6177
- CODEN
- MRRBE5
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- Russian Federation
- INIS RN
- 28073542
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE GROUPS; CARCINOMAS; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED AREAS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IN VITRO; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DEPENDENCE; THYROID; TUMOR CELLS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ANIMAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DISEASES; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; GLANDS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; POPULATIONS; POWER REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS