ZIA CP010133 04018 (ZIA) | |||
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Title | Leukemia risk in Baltic clean-up workers | ||
Institution | NCI, Bethesda, MD | ||
Principal Investigator | Mabuchi, Kiyohiko | NCI Program Director | N/A |
Cancer Activity | N/A | Division | DCEG |
Funded Amount | $16,720 | Project Dates | null - null |
Fiscal Year | 2018 | Project Type | Intramural |
Research Topics w/ Percent Relevance | Cancer Types w/ Percent Relevance | ||
Biochemical Epidemiology (45.0%) Cancer (100.0%) |
Brain (15.0%) Leukemia (65.0%) Thyroid (20.0%) |
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Research Type | |||
Exogenous Factors in the Origin and Cause of Cancer Surveillance |
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Abstract | |||
In a study of proportional cancer incidence among 17,040 Chernobyl clean-up workers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania followed from 1986 to 2007, we did not observe a significantly elevated risk of leukemia (PIR=1.04; 95% CI: 0.68-1.52). A higher proportion of thyroid cancers in relation to the male population of these countries was found, especially among those who started their mission shortly after the accident. |