Non-medical exposure to radioiodines and thyroid cancer

The Chernobyl accident, which occurred 32 years after the accidental exposure of Marshall islanders, resulted in the exposure of neighbouring populations to a mixture of iodine isotopes and in an increased incidence of thyroid cancer. The highest thyroid doses were received by the youngest age group...

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Published inEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 29 Suppl 2; no. S2; pp. S497 - S512
Main Authors Hindié, Elif, Leenhardt, Laurence, Vitaux, Françoise, Colas-Linhart, Nicole, Grosclaude, Pascale, Galle, Pierre, Aurengo, André, Bok, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.08.2002
Subjects
Accidents
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Animals
Cesium Radioisotopes - adverse effects
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Susceptibility
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Europe - epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Food Contamination, Radioactive
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Iodine - deficiency
Iodine Radioisotopes - adverse effects
Iodine Radioisotopes - pharmacokinetics
Male
Micronesia - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - etiology
Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Warfare
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Injuries, Experimental - etiology
Radioactive Pollutants - adverse effects
Republic of Belarus - epidemiology
Risk
Technetium - adverse effects
Thyroid Gland - radiation effects
Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology
Thyroid Neoplasms - etiology
Ukraine - epidemiology
Republic of Belarus
Micronesia
Europe
Ukraine
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Summary:The Chernobyl accident, which occurred 32 years after the accidental exposure of Marshall islanders, resulted in the exposure of neighbouring populations to a mixture of iodine isotopes and in an increased incidence of thyroid cancer. The highest thyroid doses were received by the youngest age groups. This review describes the existing evidence, and examines factors that may have increased the risk. It also stresses problems with contemporary thyroid measurements, and the lack of information on the sensitivity of the thyroid to short-lived iodine isotopes and iodine-131. Practical considerations for nuclear physicians, epidemiologists and thyroidologists are discussed in the light of this major accident.
ISSN:1619-7070
1619-7089
DOI:10.1007/s00259-002-0912-4