Post-Chernobyl incidence of papillary thyroid cancer among Belgian children less than 15 years of age in April 1986: a 30-year surgical experience

Michel, Luc; Donckier, Julian; Rosière, Alain; Fervaille, Caroline; Lemaire, Juliette; Bertrand, C.

doi:10.1080/00015458.2016.1165528

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“…A Belgian (the distance between Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and Chernobyl is 2074km) study revealed that, over 30 years, there had been a persistent higher incidence of papillary thyroid cancer among children below the age of 15 years at the time of the Chernobyl accident. 14 Similarly, after the Fukushima accident, the average radiation dose-rates in the 59 municipalities of the Fukushima prefecture in June 2011 and the corresponding thyroid cancer detection rates in the period October 2011 to March 2016 showed statistically significant relationships. 15 However, the SHAMISEN Consortium recently did not recommend mass or population-based thyroid cancer screening, as the negative psychological and physical effects are likely to outweigh any possible benefit in affected populations.…”

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50 Years of Terrorism against the Nuclear Industry: A Review of 91 Incidents in the Global Terrorism Database

Cauwer

Barten

Tin

et al. 2023

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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Background: The on-going Russo-Ukrainian war has resulted in a renewed global interest in the safety and security of nuclear installations and the possibility of nuclear disasters caused by warfare and terrorism. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize all documented terrorist attacks against nuclear transport, nuclear facilities, and nuclear scientists as reported to the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) over a 50-year period. Methods: The GTD was searched for all terrorist attacks against nuclear facilities, nuclear scientists, nuclear transport, and other nuclear industry-related targets in the period from 1970-2020. Analyses were performed on temporal factors, location, target type, attack and weapon type, perpetrator type, number of casualties, and property value loss. Results: Ninety-one incidents that occurred from 1970 through 2020 were included. Incidents took place in 25 countries and nine world regions, with most (42; 46.1%) occurring in Western Europe. During these 50 years, 91 incidents resulted in 19 fatalities and 117 injuries. One perpetrator was killed during an incident and one other assailant was injured. Bombings and explosions were the most frequently identified attack type (n = 40; 44.0%), followed by facility/infrastructure damage (n = 24; 26.4%) and armed assaults and assassinations (both n = 7; 7.7%). Nuclear power plants and reactors under construction were targeted in 13 (14.3%) and eight (8.8%) incidents, respectively. Most of the attacks took place on other nuclear industry-related sites. Conclusion: Terrorist attacks carried out by non-state perpetrators against nuclear facilities, nuclear scientists, nuclear transport, and other nuclear industry-related targets are rare, with only 91 incidents in a 50-year period. None of the attacks resulted in radioactive fallout or environmental contamination. Most of the attacks took place outside a nuclear power plant.

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confidence: 94%

50 Years of Terrorism against the Nuclear Industry: A Review of 91 Incidents in the Global Terrorism Database

Cauwer

Barten

Tin

et al. 2023

Prehosp. Disaster med.

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“…In a study by Volosovets et al (2018) it was determined that excesses in the parameters of occurrence of diseases in the child population (+23.2%) occur particularly in radioactive contaminated territories compared to other areas. Increase in the risk of late cancer of the thyroid, especially among those who were irradiated by iodine in their childhood and teens, was pointed out by Michel et al (2016), Cherenko et al (2017) and Yamashita et al (2018). The latent period of radioactive-induced cancer of the thyroid, related to the explosion at the Chornobyl power plant, begun in 4-5th years after the explosion (Cherenko et al, 2017;Weiss, 2018) and lasts much longer than 30 years (Cherenko et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Doses of irradiation of the population of the contaminated territories are considered the most important characteristic of the consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion for people's health (Baverstock & Williams, 2006;Кravchenko, 2016;Michel et al, 2016).…”

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Demographic and onco-epidemiological situation in radioactive contaminated territory of Zhytomyr Oblast

Herasymchuk

Martenyuk

Valerko

et al. 2019

Regul. Mech. Biosyst.

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We performed an assessment of demographic parameters of occurrence of malignant tumours and mortality of the population which lives in the radioactive contaminated territory of Zhytomyr Oblast (Yemilchynskyi, Luhynskyi, Narodytskyi, Korostenskyi, Olevskyi, and Ovrutskyi districts) over a 32-year period (1985–2017). The source material for the study of the demographic situation and malignant tumours in the population of the radioactive contaminated administrative districts of Zhytomyr Oblast during 1985–2017 was the statistical data of the Management of Healthcare of Zhytomyr Oblast State Administration, Central Department of Statistics in Zhytomyr Oblasts, reports on occurrences of malignant tumours of the state institution Center of Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine, data of the Radiological Control Service in Zhytomyr Oblast. It was determined that over 1985–2017 in the radioactive contaminated territory of Zhytomyr Oblast, a natural decline of population was observed, maximum values of which occurred in 2005 (except Narodnytsky district – 2000). The highest levels of occurrence of tumours and mortality caused by them among the adult population were observed 14 years after the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster. The peak of the occurrence of malignant tumours among children in the radioactive contaminated territory of Zhytomyr Oblast was observed 9 years after the explosion. A relationship was determined between doses of irradiation of the population and the risk of occurrence of malignant tumours in the radioactive contaminated regions of Zhytomyr Oblast. Taking into account that the method of calculation of passport dose (average annual effective dose of irradiation) was developed 23 years ago, nowadays it can lead to errors. This is related to change in amounts of consumption of different products by the population, which needs to be considered when determining radiological risks. The obtained data indicate that analysis of demographic and onco-epidemiological consequences of the Chornobyl catastrophe remains a relevant issue nowadays and will remain so in the near future.

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“…Radiation exposure seemed to be a risk factor for disease progression in the survival analysis using the Kaplan–Meier method. Some other studies have also revealed the dangers of radiation exposure in the development of thyroid cancer [ 25 , 26 ]. Most of these studies were based on the influences of nuclear pollution incidents; however, common radiation exposure incidents in daily life, such as radiotherapy and radioscopy, differ from nuclear pollution incidents in terms of dose, exposure time, and other factors.…”

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Contrastive study of two screening criteria for active surveillance in patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 1001 patients

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Screening out patients who do not require immediate surgery is a growing trend in the field of thyroid research. In this study, we retrospectively compared the application of two surveillance selection criteria in 1001 patients who had undergone surgical treatment of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC): low-risk PTMC characteristics defined by Kuma Hospital and CATO consensus on PTMC management of active surveillance. Treatment outcomes were compared between groups. We then analyzed the prognostic indicators of patients who could be managed by surveillance. A total of 724 patients met Kuma screening criteria and 135 met CATO screening criteria. The Kuma low-risk group had a lower incidence of multifocal lesions and CLNM than Kuma high-risk group. We also found more obvious differences in multifocal lesions, CLNM and extrathyroidal extension when evaluating the CATO low-risk criteria in the same manner. On the other hand, patients in the CATO low-risk group had a lower disease progression rate and longer disease-free survival than those in CATO high-risk group. There was no significant difference in prognosis between the Kuma low-risk group and Kuma high-risk group. Our logistic regression analysis showed that a preoperative ultrasound size of >5 mm, male sex, younger age, and malignant lesions without concurrent benign nodules could be predictors of CLNM. In conclusion, patients classified in CATO low-risk criteria had lower proportion of clinicopathological risk factors than the ones in Kuma low-risk criteria. We also found more risk factors may not be suitable for surveillance, such as tumors without concurrent benign nodules.

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Post-Chernobyl incidence of papillary thyroid cancer among Belgian children less than 15 years of age in April 1986: a 30-year surgical experience

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

50 Years of Terrorism against the Nuclear Industry: A Review of 91 Incidents in the Global Terrorism Database

50 Years of Terrorism against the Nuclear Industry: A Review of 91 Incidents in the Global Terrorism Database

Demographic and onco-epidemiological situation in radioactive contaminated territory of Zhytomyr Oblast

Contrastive study of two screening criteria for active surveillance in patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 1001 patients

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