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Excess thyroid cancer risk associated with childhood exposure has persisted for >50 years after exposure in Japanese atomic-bomb survivors

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
Long-term trend of thyroid cancer risk among Japanese atomic-bomb survivors: 60 years after exposure

Kyoji Furukawa1,?,*, Dale Preston2, Sachiyo Funamoto1, Shuji Yonehara3, Masahiro Ito4, Shoji Tokuoka1, Hiromi Sugiyama1, Midori Soda1, Kotaro Ozasa1, Kiyohiko Mabuchi5
Article first published online: 16 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27749

Abstract snip


While the magnitude of the excess risk has decreased with increasing attained age or time since exposure, the excess thyroid cancer risk associated with childhood exposure has persisted for >50 years after exposure.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.27749/abstract
 
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