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SUBMITTER: Suzuki K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6770066 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suzuki Keiji K Saenko Vladimir V Yamashita Shunichi S Mitsutake Norisato N
Cancers 20190902 9
Enormous amounts of childhood thyroid cancers, mostly childhood papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs), after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident have revealed a mutual relationship between the radiation exposure and thyroid cancer development. While the internal exposure to radioactive <sup>131</sup>I is involved in the childhood thyroid cancers after the Chernobyl accident, people exposed to the external radiation, such as atomic-bomb (A-bomb) survivors, and the patients who received radia ...[more]