Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common endocrine malignancy and in most countries,
incidence rates are increasing. Although differences in population iodine intake are a …

Twenty-five years have passed since radioactive releases from the Chernobyl nuclear
accident led to the exposure of millions of people in Europe. Studies of affected populations …

Background: Current knowledge about Chornobyl-related thyroid cancer risks comes from
ecological studies based on grouped doses, case–control studies, and studies of prevalent …

Background: Previous studies showed an increased risk of thyroid cancer among children
and adolescents exposed to radioactive iodines released after the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) …

Context: The increased use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that involve radiation
raises concerns about radiation effects, particularly in children and the radiosensitive thyroid …

Abstract Background: The Chornobyl accident in 1986 exposed thousands of people to
radioactive iodine isotopes, particularly 131 I; this exposure was followed by a large …

The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has increased in many countries over
the past 60 years. In Tasmania (an island state of the Australian Commonwealth with a well …

Abstract Chornobyl Thyroid Diseases Study Group of Belarus, Ukraine, and the USA. A
Cohort Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Diseases after the Chornobyl Accident …

Background: Thyroid nodules and cancers are rare in children compared with adults.
However, after the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, a rapid increase in …

Introduction: The aim of the study was to investigate the current thyroid carcinoma (TC)
incidence in Carinthia, a former iodine-deficient, goiter-endemic region in Austria with …