Endocrine Abstracts

Millions of people were exposed in 1986 to radioactive isotopes in fallout from the Chernobyl accident, with in the first 20 years a large increase in thyroid carcinoma incidence. There is a possible radiation related increase in breast cancer but as yet no general increase in malignancies.The increase in thyroid carcinoma, attributable to the very large amounts of iodine 131 released, was first noticed in children, with a strong relationship between you...