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Thyroid Cancer on the rise in many countries.

Publication: HealthFacts
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Cancer of the thyroid is increasing in incidence in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia. Radiation exposure is a major suspect because this gland at the base of the neck is one of the most radiation-sensitive organs of the body. Its carcinogenic effects can show up decades later in, for example, adults who as children of the 1940s and 50s were given radiation therapy for such benign conditions as acne and enlargement of the thymus, tonsils, and adenoids. Today's patients run similar radiation exposure risks from overuse of CT scans.

Another likely explanation for the rise in thyroid...

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