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| Acknowledgements | |
| Contents | |
| Organisers | |
| Editorial | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| External Radiation and Thyroid Cancer Risk in Humans | p. 5 |
| Thyroid Cancer After Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use of Radionuclides; A Review of the Association | p. 13 |
| Nevada Atmospheric Nuclear Bomb Tests: Estimation of the Thyroid Doses and Health Effects Resulting from the Iodine-131 Releases | p. 21 |
| Studies in Utah of Thyroid Tumors Following Nevada Test Site Fallout | p. 29 |
| Atomic Bomb Survivors Population | p. 35 |
| Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodules in the People of the Marshall Islands Potentially Exposed to Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing | p. 41 |
| Thyroid Cancer Promoted by Radiation in Young People of Belarus (Clinical and Epidemiological Features) | p. 51 |
| The Pathomorphology of Childhood Papillary Thyrid Carcinoma in Belarus in Different Periods After the Chernobyl Accident (1991-1997) | p. 55 |
| The Post-Chernobyl Incidence of Childhood Thyroid Cancer in Ukraine | p. 61 |
| Thyroid Retrospective Dosmetry Problems in Ukraine: Achievements and Delusions | p. 71 |
| Development of Cancer and Non-Cancer Thyroid Diseases in Children and Adolescents After the Chernobyl Accident | p. 79 |
| Risk of Radiogenic Thyroid Cancer in Russia Following the Chernobyl Accident | p. 89 |
| Thyroid Exposures of Children and Adolescents Due to the Chernobyl Accident: The Resulting Cancer Risk | p. 97 |
| Thyroid Cancer in New Caledonia | p. 107 |
| Thyroid Cancer Among the Population of Semipalatinsk Region Exposed to Ionizing Radiation Due to Nuclear Weapon Tests. Correlational Study | p. 117 |
| Factors Related to Latency Period in Post-Chernobyl Carcinogenesis | p. 123 |
| Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer Among Children Having Been Exposed to Radiation in Consequence of the Chernobyl Accident | p. 135 |
| Thyroid Cancer in the Altai Region Population Exposed to Fallout from the Nuclear Tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Site | p. 141 |
| Thyroid Carcinoma Post Chernobyl in the Russian Federation: A Pathological Study | p. 145 |
| Morphological Features and Analysis of Radiation Risk of Development of Post-Chernobyl Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents of Ukraine | p. 151 |
| The Molecular Biology of Radiation Carcinogenesis | p. 155 |
| Experimental Thyroid Carcinogenesis in Rodents: Role of Radiation and Xenobiotic Chemicals | p. 167 |
| Biological Mechanisms Underlying Radiation Induction of Thyroid Carcinoma | p. 177 |
| Thyroid Cancer in Atomic Bomb Survivors | p. 189 |
| Can the Chernobyl Accident Provide Answers Regarding the Relative Risk of [superscript 131]I-vs. Short-Lived Nuclides | p. 195 |
| Relative Biological Effectiveness of External Radiation vs [superscript 131]I: A Review of Animal Data | p. 201 |
| Functional and Histomorphological Changes of Thyrocytes Under Different Iodine Intake and External Ionizing Radiation in Rats | p. 209 |
| Characterization of Lymphoid Infiltration in Post Chernobyl Childhood Thyroid Carcinoma in Ukraine | p. 213 |
| The Ret Gene is Involved in Different Tumoral Diseases | p. 217 |
| Molecular Basis of Tumour Initiation and Progression in the Thyroid Follicular Cell: In Vitro Models | p. 225 |
| Transgenic Models of Thyroid Tumorigenesis: Relation to Chernobyl Cancers | p. 239 |
| Molecular Analysis of Thyroid Carcinomas in Children After Chernobyl: Absence of RAS, P53 and GSa Mutations, But High Prevalence of Specific Types of RET Rearrangement | p. 251 |
| Association Between Morphological Subtype of Post Chernobyl Papillary Carcinoma and Rearrangement of the RET Oncogene | p. 255 |
| Molecular Genetic Analysis of RET Rearrangements in Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas from Belarussian Children and Adults | p. 263 |
| Activation Rate of RAS and RET/PTC in Nodular Thyroid Disease Developing in the Marshall Islands | p. 269 |
| Cytogenetic Analysis, Gene Expression and Tumorigenicity Studies of Radiation-Induced Human Thyroid Carcinomas | p. 273 |
| Iodine Deficiency and Thyroid Cancer Morbidity Following the Accident at the Chernobyl Power Plant | p. 277 |
| Studies on the P53 Gene in Children with Thyroid Cancer from Belarus | p. 283 |
| Thyroid Cancer and Iodine Deficiency in Children of Belarus | p. 287 |
| Thyroid Cancer in Children of Belarus and Immunity | p. 291 |
| Thyroid Dose Assessment: An Overview of the Problems and Solutions | p. 297 |
| Estimation of Individual Thyroid Doses Received by the Subjects of the Cohort Screened in the Belarussian-American Study | p. 309 |
| Radioiodine Biokinetics in the Mother and Fetus. Part 1. Pregnant Woman; Part 2. Fetus | p. 319 |
| New Results of Thyroid Retrospective Dosimetry in Russia Following the Chernobyl Accident | p. 333 |
| Thyroid Dose Assessments After the Chernobyl Accident: Achievements and Problems | p. 341 |
| Uncertainty Analysis of Thyroid Dose Reconstruction After the Chernobyl Accident | p. 347 |
| Assessment of the Sources of Contamination of the River Garonne, France, by Iodine-131 | p. 353 |
| Thyroid Dosimetry, Post-Chernobyl Thyroid Irradiation and Epidemiology in Lithuania | p. 359 |
| Measures to Reduce Exposure of the Thyroid Gland to Radiation | p. 363 |
| Monitoring and Prevention of the Development of Thyroid Carcinoma in a Population Exposed to Radiation | p. 369 |
| Practical Experience of Prophylaxis for Large Scale Exposure After a Nuclear Accident | p. 377 |
| Clinical Features and Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma Following Radiation | p. 387 |
| Observed and Predicted Thyroid Cancer Incidence Following the Chernobyl Accident. Evidence for Factors Influencing Susceptibility to Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer | p. 395 |
| Results of Radioiodine Treatment in 158 Children from Belarus with Thyroid Cancer After the Chernobyl Accident | p. 407 |
| Gonadic Efforts of Radioiodine-131 in Patients Treated for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer | p. 411 |
| Biokinetic and Cytogenetic Studies in Thyroid Cancer Patients After [superscript 131]I Treatment | p. 417 |
| Early Diagnosis of Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer in Children of Belarus by Ultrasound | p. 425 |
| Potassium Iodide Prophylaxis and the United States Government: A Case Study | p. 433 |
| Determination of Iodine Kinetics in Lung Metastases During Radioiodine Therapy of Belarussian Children with Thyroid Carcinoma | p. 443 |
| Reactor Accidents and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Use of the Chernobyl Experience for Emergency Response | p. 449 |
| Public Health Implications of Iodine Prophylaxis in Radiological Emergencies | p. 455 |
| Chernobyl Aid Programmes as a Basis of an Integrated System of Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Facilities and Research in Belarus | p. 465 |
| Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction from Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies: A Potential New Diagnostic Tool for Thyroid Gland Disorders | p. 469 |
| L-Thyroxine Treatment in Children with Thyroid Carcinoma in Minsk | p. 477 |
| Outcome of Post-Chernobyl Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas Treated by Surgery, Radioiodine and TSH-Suppressive Therapy | p. 481 |
| Characteristics of Differentiated Childhood Thyroid Cancer from Belarus | p. 487 |
| Comparative Thyroid Cancer Risk of Childhood and Adult Radiation Exposure and Estimation of Lifetime Risk | p. 491 |
| Future Issues: An ICRP Perspective | |
| Open Discussion, Conclusions, Lessons and Actions | p. 505 |
| List of Participants | p. 515 |
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