Open AccessParathyroid Tumors in Atomic Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima: Epidemiological Study from Registered Cases at Hiroshima Prefecture Tumor Tissue Registry, 1974‐1987
Author(s) -
Takeichi Nobuo,
Dohi Kiyohiko,
Yamamoto Hisashi,
Ito Hisao,
Mabuchi Kiyohiko,
Yamamoto Tsutomu,
Shimaoka Katsutaro,
Yokoro Kenjiro
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
japanese journal of cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1349-7006
pISSN - 0910-5050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01913.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , incidence (geometry) , hyperparathyroidism , primary hyperparathyroidism , pathology , physics , optics
An examination of registered cases of parathyroid tumor in Hiroshima Prefecture between 1974 and 1987 revealed 23 cases. An epidemiological study showed that the incidence of parathyroid tumors in Hiroshima Prefecture was significantly higher in the total exposed, especially among the proximally exposed (within 2,000 m from the hypocenter), than in the control nonexposed group ( P < 0.001). A similar trend was seen for parathyroid tumor associated with primary hyperparathyroidism.