background: the aim of preliminary study was determined development process status of t-cell population lymphocytes in ukrainian children after 22 years from chernobyl accident for next feasibility study. material and method: 150 participants aged 6 to 16 years are included in three groups: group i (n=65), 30 to 60 km from center accident at zone 3th, group ii (n=65) 60 to 90 km from same locat...

background: the effect of low dose radiation on immune system is shown. ionizing radiation can affect cytokine production and polarization of t helper cells. objective: the current study focused on ionizing radiation in ukrainian children residing in a contaminated area with clinical irritable bowel syndrome. method: our study included 75 rural children population aged 4-18 yrs, who lived in a ...

ISSN 0931-4288 No. 626-627, Feb. 7, 2013 www.strahlentelex.de English version Increased leukemia rates in children from Belarus after Chernobyl Alfred Körblein [email protected] February 2013 A trend analysis of data from Belarus finds a statistically significant 33% increase in the incidence of leukemia in children in 1987, following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 (RR=1.33; P=0.0...

liquidators and the in utero Chernobyl exposed cohort raised in an atmosphere tainted by Chernobyl stress) are similar to those reported for other countries. International cooperation in a study of the long-term health and mental health effects of Chernobyl may not only be relevant to settling disagreements about the neurocognitive outcomes of exposed children generally, but may shed light on w...

OBJECTIVE To investigate childhood cardiac arrhythmia and chronic exposure to caesium-137 (137Cs) resulting from the Chernobyl accident. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study using exposed/unexposed design conducted in the Bryansk region from May 2009 to May 2013 on children selected on the basis of 137Cs soil deposition: control territories ([137Cs]<37 kBq per square metre, where children...

The variation in survival of women with clinically similar breast cancers may lead to difficulty in clinical management so it is important to recognise factors which indicate the prognosis. Immunoperoxidase staining patterns of primary breast tumours using monoclonal antibody NCRC-11 have been shown to relate to overall survival (Ellis et al., 1985) but the results have not been reproducible in...

About 18 years after the Chernobyl accident, the verification and documentation of the long-term development of radiation doses is still required, especially in environments where ingestion considerably contributes to the current and future dose commitment of the population. A population group of special concern are the children living in the contaminated regions. Out of the two million Belarus...

The risk of developing thyroid cancer increases considerably after exposure to external or internal radiation, especially in children below the age of 10. After the Chernobyl reactor accident, the yearly incidence of childhood thyroid cancer in Belarus increased to approximately 40 per 1.000.000 in girls and to roughly 20 per 1.000.000 in boys compared to approximately 0.5 cases per 1.000.000 p...

BACKGROUND The Chernobyl Childhood Illness Program (CCIP) was a humanitarian assistance effort funded by the United States Congress. Its purpose was to assist the Ukrainian Government to identify and treat adolescents who developed mental and physical problems following their exposure as young children to Chernobyl radiation. Thirteen years after the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident in 1986, th...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster has caused a remarkable increase in radiation-induced papillary thyroid carcinoma in children and young adults. In this issue of the JCI, Ricarte-Filho and colleagues demonstrate that chromosomal rearrangements are the oncogenic "drivers" in most post-Chernobyl carcinomas and that they often lead to unscheduled activation of the MAPK signaling pathway. These findi...