Ultrasound Examination of Thyroid Cancer

according to statistics in Ukraine, the thyroid cancer incidence is about 11 per 100,000 peop-le in the capital region, 6 per 100,000 in other districts. Women are more often affected than men (4:1);
 it is mainly found in patients aged 40-55 years. After the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,there was an increase in the number of patients with thyroid cancer, especially among children under theage of 15 (boys – 4% and girls – 9%).