The Chernobyl Tissue Bank: integrating research on radiation-induced thyroid cancer.
J Radiol Prot
; 32(1): N77-80, 2012 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The only unequivocal radiological effect of the Chernobyl accident on human health is the increase in thyroid cancer in those exposed in childhood or early adolescence. Cancer is a complicated disease and it is unclear whether the mechanism by which radiation gives rise to cancer differs from that involved in the generation of cancers of the same type by other environmental stimuli. The Chernobyl Tissue Bank was established in response to the scientific interest in studying the molecular biology of thyroid cancer after Chernobyl to address this question. The project is supported by the governments of Ukraine and Russia, and financially supported (in total around US$3 million) by the European Commission, the National Cancer Institute of the USA and the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation of Japan. The project began collecting a variety of biological samples from patients on 1 October 1988, and has supplied material to 23 research projects in Japan, the USA and Europe. The establishment of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank has facilitated co-operation between these research projects and the combination of clinical and research data provides a paradigm for cancer research in the molecular biological age.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Bancos de Tecidos
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Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide
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Pesquisa Biomédica
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Acidente Nuclear de Chernobyl
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Neoplasias Induzidas por Radiação
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Radiol Prot
Assunto da revista:
RADIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido