A Screening Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Diseases among Individuals Exposed in Utero to Iodine-131 from Chernobyl Fallout

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Authors

Maureen Hatch · National Cancer Institute

Alina V. Brenner · National Cancer Institute

Bogdanova Ti · V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism

A. A. Derevyanko · V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Nataliya Kuptsova · V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Likhtarev Ia

André Bouville · Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Abstract

Our results suggest that in utero exposure to radioiodines may have increased the risk of thyroid carcinoma approximately 20 yr after the Chernobyl accident, supporting a conservative approach to medical uses of I-131 during pregnancy.

Topics & Keywords

Radiation Dose and Imaging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Volume 94, Issue 3, pp. 899-906

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2049

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