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ea0029p1793 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Screening for thyroid diseases in people from former Soviet Union emigrated in USA after Chernobyl accident

Branovan I. , Drozd V.

Research objective: After the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, there was a dramatically increase in thyroid cancer incidence in children and adolescents in Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in last 10 years not only in former Soviet Union but also in the United States, is real medical problem. ‘Project Chernobyl’ has been established in New-York for early diagnostics of radio induced thyroid cancer among people...