Cancer after nuclear fallout: lessons from the Chernobyl accident

The Chernobyl accident exposed people located hundreds of kilometres away to fallout, but increases in cancer incidence as a result of the accident seem, at present, to be restricted to one tumour type. These thyroid tumours form the largest number of cancers of one type, caused by a single event on...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature reviews. Cancer 2002-07, Vol.2 (7), p.543-549
1. Verfasser:	Williams, Dillwyn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Research Care and treatment Cesium Radioisotopes - adverse effects Development and progression Diagnosis Gene mutations Genetic aspects Health aspects Humans Models, Biological Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - pathology Physiological aspects Power Plants Protein tyrosine kinase Radioactive Hazard Release Risk factors science-and-society Thyroid cancer Thyroid Neoplasms - etiology Time Factors Ukraine
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Zusammenfassung:	The Chernobyl accident exposed people located hundreds of kilometres away to fallout, but increases in cancer incidence as a result of the accident seem, at present, to be restricted to one tumour type. These thyroid tumours form the largest number of cancers of one type, caused by a single event on one date, ever recorded. Epidemiological, pathological and molecular studies have provided new insights into the carcinogenic process, as well as lessons for future nuclear accidents.
ISSN:	1474-175X 1474-1768
DOI:	10.1038/nrc845