Experience of thyroid gland status screening in postchernobyl period

V M Drozd; M L Lushchyk; L I Danilova; N M Okulevich; I G Shimanskaya; T A Mitiukova; N Shiglik; I Branovan

Experience of thyroid gland status screening in postchernobyl period

Tsitol Genet. 2016 Nov-Dec;50(6):8-14.

[Article in English, Russian]

Authors

V M Drozd, M L Lushchyk, L I Danilova, N M Okulevich, I G Shimanskaya, T A Mitiukova, N Shiglik, I Branovan

PMID: 30484596

Abstract

The main results of thirty-year period of repeated screening programs and observational studies in contaminated and non-contaminated regions of Belarus are analyzed. The possible reasons of discrepant and contradictory data about the consequences of Chernobyl catastrophe delivered by different study groups during early period after the accident are discussed. High incidence of thyroid nodular disease and cancer in children and adolescence after the catastrophe are described. The research shows high effectiveness of screening in early diagnosis thyroid disorders and radiation-induced thyroid cancer in different regions of Belarus and in various time points.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident*
Child
Early Detection of Cancer / statistics & numerical data*
Environmental Monitoring
Female
Gamma Rays / adverse effects*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / diagnosis
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / pathology
Radiation Dosage
Republic of Belarus / epidemiology
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Thyroid Nodule / diagnosis
Thyroid Nodule / epidemiology*
Thyroid Nodule / pathology
Ukraine