Cancer consequences of the Chernobyl accident in Europe outside the former USSR: A review

Sali, Davide; Cardis, Elisabeth; Sztanyik, L.; Auvinen, Anssi; Bairakova, Antonina; Dontas, Nicolas; Grosche, Bernd; Kerekes, A.; Kusić, Zvonko; Kusoglu, Cemil; Lechpammer, Stanislav; Lyra, Maria; Michaelis, Jörg; Petridou, Eleni; Szybiński, Z; Tominaga, Suketami; Tulbure, Rodica; Turnbull, Archie; Valerianova, Z.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19960729)67:3<343::aid-ijc7>3.0.co;2-r

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“…This would also be the first study suggesting a possible increase in total cancer incidence after the Chernobyl accident outside the former Soviet Union, 13 let alone only a marginally increased risk. Based on the incidence rate ratios in the last column of table 3, the aetiological fractions can be calculated.…”

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confidence: 77%

Increase of regional total cancer incidence in north Sweden due to the Chernobyl accident?

Tondel

Hjalmarsson²,

Hardell³

et al. 2004

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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confidence: 77%

Increase of regional total cancer incidence in north Sweden due to the Chernobyl accident?

Tondel

Hjalmarsson²,

Hardell³

et al. 2004

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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“…Atmospheric conditions are paramount in a nuclear accident because winds can move the radiation cloud substantial distances, and storms can result in sporadic heavy foci of radiation deposition. For example, radioactivity from the Chernobyl accident reached far beyond Belarus and Ukraine 31,32 . Increased radiation attributable to Chernobyl was even detected in North America 33 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Residents Surrounding the Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility

Levin

2008

The Laryngoscope

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Thyroid cancer incidence has not increased in Dauphin County, the county in which TMI is located. York County demonstrated a trend toward increasing thyroid cancer incidence beginning in 1995, approximately 15 years after the TMI accident. Lancaster County showed a significant increase in thyroid cancer incidence beginning in 1990. These findings, however, do not provide a causal link to the TMI accident.

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“…Some radioactive fallout did reach Greece immediately after the disaster 28 , however, no significant link between the Chernobyl disaster and neoplastic disease has been observed in the country 29,30 . Furthermore, thus far, an increased incidence of TC has only been definitively shown for children living in the vicinity of the nuclear accident area 31 .…”

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Differentiated thyroid cancer in Greece: 1963-2000. Relation to demographic and environmental factors

Ilias¹,

Alevizaki²,

Lakka-Papadodima³

et al. 2002

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Thyroid cancer (TC) is a relatively rare neoplasia, accounting for 0.35%-0.38% of total deaths due to cancer in Greece. Environmental/nutritional factors are considered to play a role in its pathogenesis. The aim of this retrospective review of patients histories from three of the largest specialized centers in southern Greece, from 1963 to 2000, was to assess associations of differentiated TC (DTC) with demographic and environmental factors. The total number of DTC cases was 610 (119 men or 19.5%, and 491 women or 80.5%), of which 442 cases (72%) were papillary DTCs (pure papillary type: 54.5% and mixed papillary-follicular type: 45.5%), 90 cases (15%) were of the pure follicular type, while 78 cases (13%) were classified as suspicious lesions, requiring follow-up, but not definitively carcinomas. The mean age (±SD) at diagnosis for all groups was 42.3±1.3 years. Fifty percent of the patients were living in Athens at the time of diagnosis. The diagnosis was delayed in patients living in villages compared to those living in cities (mean age ±SD): 43.7±14.1 years and 40.9±13.8 years, respectively; p<0.05, t-test). Patients who were born in iodine-sufficient areas (n=162/193, 84%; X 2 =5.09, P=0.02) had papillary carcinoma more frequently compared to patients who were born in previously iodine-deficient areas (n=159/214, 74%). During the observation period (19632000) there appeared to be three different trends in the incidence of newly diagnosed cases: a random variation during the first nine years and a steady increase during the second two decades (starting before the Chernobyl nuclear accident) followed by a significant decline during the last few years. We suggest that the observed variations in the incidence of DTC could be related to the availability of diagnostic tools as well as to increased awareness.

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Cancer consequences of the Chernobyl accident in Europe outside the former USSR: A review

Cited by 46 publications

References 12 publications

Increase of regional total cancer incidence in north Sweden due to the Chernobyl accident?

Increase of regional total cancer incidence in north Sweden due to the Chernobyl accident?

Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Residents Surrounding the Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility

Differentiated thyroid cancer in Greece: 1963-2000. Relation to demographic and environmental factors

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