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Is ionizing radiation responsible for the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer?
Author(s) -
Nikiforov Yuri E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.24889
Subject(s) - ionizing radiation , medicine , thyroid cancer , incidence (geometry) , cancer , thyroid , oncology , nuclear medicine , irradiation , physics , nuclear physics , optics
The dose of exposure to ionizing radiation appears to correlate with increased risk of thyroid microcarcinoma. Can ionizing radiation be a factor contributing to the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer around the world?