Medical Exposure To Radiation And Thyroid Cancer

Medical exposure to radiation and thyroid cancer - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21296564/

Studies of the atomic bomb survivors and populations treated with radiotherapy have established radiation as a risk factor for thyroid cancer, particularly from early life exposure. About 0.62 mSv (20%) of the global annual per caput effective radiation dose comes from …

Radiation exposure and thyroid cancer: a review - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28225863/

The association between radiation exposure and the occurrence of thyroid cancer has been well documented, and the two main risk factors for the development of a thyroid cancer …

Radiation-induced thyroid disease - UpToDate

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/radiation-induced-thyroid-cancer

Radiation exposure of the thyroid during childhood is the most clearly defined environmental factor associated with benign and malignant thyroid tumors. The risk of …

Thyroid Cancer Risk Factors

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/thyroid-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/risk-factors.html

Medical Exposure to Radiation and Thyroid Cancer

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0936655511001609

May 1, 2011

Diagnostic X-Ray Exposure and Thyroid Cancer Risk: …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29160170/

Conclusions: The results of this meta-analysis indicate that diagnostic radiation exposure is associated with an increased thyroid cancer risk. Therefore, to the extent that it will …

Thyroid cancer - Symptoms and causes

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/thyroid-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20354161

Exposure to high levels of radiation. Radiation therapy treatments to the head and neck increase the risk of thyroid cancer. Certain inherited genetic …

Radiation Exposure and Cancer | NRC.gov

https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/health-effects/rad-exposure-cancer.html

The associations between radiation exposure and cancer are mostly based on populations exposed to relatively high levels of ionizing radiation (e.g., Japanese …

Exposure to ionizing radiation in adulthood and thyroid …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19177023/

Conclusions: Exposure to ionizing radiation in adulthood was positively associated with thyroid cancer among women A-bomb survivors, although the risk seems to be lower …

[Radiation exposure and thyroid cancer] - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23064295/

The most frequent type of thyroid malignancy is papillary carcinoma. Thyroid cancer's incidence rates have increased over the last three decades throughout the world. …