Abstract
The first scientifically confirmed stochastic effect after the Chernobyl accident was an increase in the incidence of Thyroid Cancer (TC) among children, first in Belarus, and then in Ukraine and the Russian Federation...
Highlights
The first scientifically confirmed stochastic effect after the Chernobyl accident was an increase in the incidence of Thyroid Cancer (TC) among children, first in Belarus, and in Ukraine and the Russian Federation [1,2,3]
Analysis of absorbed doses by the Thyroid Gland (TG) of residents of the regions of Belarus affected by the Chernobyl accident showed that the highest doses absorbed by this organ (600-700 mGy) were received by infants and children, who in April 1986 were in the age from 0 to 4 years old
Extrapolation of the direct dependence of the latent period of cancer on the received absorbed dose in those age groups suggests that the shortened latent period of this disease recorded in Belarus may be associated with the formation of very high doses absorbed by TG in some children from affected areas
Summary
The first scientifically confirmed stochastic effect after the Chernobyl accident was an increase in the incidence of Thyroid Cancer (TC) among children, first in Belarus, and in Ukraine and the Russian Federation [1,2,3]. This phenomenon was completely unpredictable, since the classical ideas about the immediate medical consequences predicted the increase in the number of cases of acute leukemia. Cs-137, Cs-134, and Sr-90 radionuclides that contaminated the soil contributed to the formation of both external and internal irradiation The fact of such a short latent period of TC, that was characteristic to the children, is alarming. Additional studies of this phenomenon are needed for the better understanding of medical consequences of the Chernobyl accident, which is what this work is devoted to
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