Updated Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the North East Region of Romania after 35 Years of Chernobyl Fallout. Is There a Link between?

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Updated Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the North East Region of Romania after 35 Years of Chernobyl Fallout. Is There a Link between? Via radioactive iodine Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 May 19;11(5):907. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11050907. ABSTRACT Thyroid cancer (TC) represents a worldwide problem, the consistent growth of the incidence increment issues about management of risk factors and curative treatment. Updated statistical data are not complete in the North East region of Romania and need to be improved. Therefore, through this study, we aim to renew the existing data on thyroid cancer. We conducted a retrospective study covering a p eriod of 10 years. Data were collected from a hospital information system (InfoWorld) between 2009 and 2019. Patients' age groups were stratified in relation with the age at the moment of the Chernobyl event. A database was obtained (Microsoft Excel) and statistical correlations were applied. In the studied period, 1159 patients were diagnosed: 968 females and 191 males, distributed by region, with the highest addressability in Iasi (529), followed by neighboring counties. Age distribution displayed that most of the thyroid cancers were in the range 4060 years old (50.94%), followed by 60-80 years old (32.41%). Most patients were diagnosed with papillary carcinoma 63.10%, then follicular 14.7%, medullary 6.74% and undifferentiated 1.02%. Romania was in the vicinity of the radioactive cloud at Chernobyl fallout, so we must deliberate whether the increased incidence of thyroid cancer in the age group 40-60 years is associated with radiogenicity (iodine 131) given the fact that over ha s 35 years and the half-life of other radioisotopes like Caesium-137 and Strontium -90 is completed. PMID:34069605 | DOI:10.3390/diagnostics11050907 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.