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Systematic screening after C hernobyl: Insights on radiation‐induced thyroid cancer
Author(s) -
Yip Linwah,
Carty Sally E.
Publication year - 2015
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.29074
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroid , cancer , population , radiation exposure , oncology , radiation dose , public health , environmental health , pathology , nuclear medicine
Radiation‐induced thyroid cancer remains an important public health issue after the Chernobyl accident. A systematic screening of the at‐risk population provides new insights into the dose‐dependent and time‐dependent histologic features of the diagnosed thyroid cancers.