Thyroid Cancer and Benign Nodules After Exposure In Utero to Fallout From Chernobyl.
Adolescent
Adult
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
Child
Child, Preschool
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Female
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes
Male
Mass Screening
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
/ diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Radioactive Fallout
/ adverse effects
Republic of Belarus
/ epidemiology
Risk Assessment
Thyroid Neoplasms
/ diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Nodule
/ diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
Journal
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
ISSN: 1945-7197
Titre abrégé: J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375362
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 01 2019
01 01 2019
Historique:
received:
18
04
2018
accepted:
13
08
2018
pubmed:
18
11
2018
medline:
4
12
2019
entrez:
17
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Children and adolescents exposed to radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) in fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident appear to be at increased risk of thyroid cancer and benign thyroid nodules. The prenatal period is also considered radiosensitive, and the fetal thyroid can absorb I-131 from the maternal circulation. We aimed to estimate the risk of malignant and benign thyroid nodules in individuals exposed prenatally. We studied a cohort of 2582 subjects in Ukraine with estimates of I-131 prenatal thyroid dose (mean = 72.6 mGy), who underwent two standardized thyroid screening examinations. To evaluate the dose-response relationship, we estimated the excess OR (EOR) using logistic regression. Based on a combined total of eight cases diagnosed at screenings from 2003 to 2006 and 2012 to 2015, we found a markedly elevated, albeit not statistically significant, dose-related risk of thyroid cancer (EOR/Gy = 3.91, 95% CI: -1.49, 65.66). At cycle 2 (n = 1,786), there was a strong and significant association between I-131 thyroid dose and screen-detected large benign nodules (≥10 mm) (EOR/Gy = 4.19, 95% CI: 0.68, 11.62; P = 0.009), but no significant increase in risk for small nodules (<10 mm) (EOR/Gy = 0.34, 95% CI: -0.67, 2.24; P = 0.604). The dose effect by nodule size, with I-131 risk for large but not small nodules, is similar to that among exposed children and adolescents in Belarus. Based on a small number of cases, there is also a suggestive effect of I-131 dose on thyroid cancer risk.
Sections du résumé
Background
Children and adolescents exposed to radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) in fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident appear to be at increased risk of thyroid cancer and benign thyroid nodules. The prenatal period is also considered radiosensitive, and the fetal thyroid can absorb I-131 from the maternal circulation.
Objectives
We aimed to estimate the risk of malignant and benign thyroid nodules in individuals exposed prenatally.
Methods
We studied a cohort of 2582 subjects in Ukraine with estimates of I-131 prenatal thyroid dose (mean = 72.6 mGy), who underwent two standardized thyroid screening examinations. To evaluate the dose-response relationship, we estimated the excess OR (EOR) using logistic regression.
Results
Based on a combined total of eight cases diagnosed at screenings from 2003 to 2006 and 2012 to 2015, we found a markedly elevated, albeit not statistically significant, dose-related risk of thyroid cancer (EOR/Gy = 3.91, 95% CI: -1.49, 65.66). At cycle 2 (n = 1,786), there was a strong and significant association between I-131 thyroid dose and screen-detected large benign nodules (≥10 mm) (EOR/Gy = 4.19, 95% CI: 0.68, 11.62; P = 0.009), but no significant increase in risk for small nodules (<10 mm) (EOR/Gy = 0.34, 95% CI: -0.67, 2.24; P = 0.604).
Conclusions
The dose effect by nodule size, with I-131 risk for large but not small nodules, is similar to that among exposed children and adolescents in Belarus. Based on a small number of cases, there is also a suggestive effect of I-131 dose on thyroid cancer risk.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30445441
pii: 5184192
doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-00847
pmc: PMC6456983
doi:
Substances chimiques
Iodine Radioisotopes
0
Iodine-131
0
Radioactive Fallout
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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