Thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents in ukraine after the Chernobyl nuclear accident : Statistical data and clinicomorphologic characteristics

✍ Scribed by Mykola D. Tronko; Tetyana I. Bogdanova; Igor V. Komissarenko; Ovsiy V. Epstein; V. Oliynyk; A. Kovalenko; Ilya A. Likhtarev; I. Kairo; Sara B. Peters; Virginia A. LiVolsi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 323 KB
• Volume: 86
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990701)86:1<149::aid-cncr21>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

The increase in the number of childhood thyroid carcinoma cases in Ukraine after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 prompted the development of a registry of thyroid carcinoma cases at the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Kiev. In the current study, the authors report the statistical data and clinicomorphologic features of the cases included in this registry.

METHODS.

To study the incidence, and age and gender distribution of thyroid carcinoma in Ukraine, the authors compiled complete clinical information from cases diagnosed and treated at the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism and statistical reports submitted to the registry from 27 regions of Ukraine. Morphologic features of the resected tumors were examined and were included in the database.