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Thyroid carcinoma after Chernobyl latent period, morphology and aggressiveness.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jun 2004
Williams E D, Abrosimov A, Bogdanova T, Demidchik E P, Ito M, LiVolsi V, Lushnikov E, Rosai J, Sidorov Yu, Tronko M D, Tsyb A F, Vowler S L, Thomas G A
Abstract excerpt
The large numbers of papillary thyroid carcinomas that have occurred in those exposed to high levels of short-lived isotopes in fallout after Chernobyl provide a unique opportunity to correlate latency and tumour biology. We show that short latency is associated with tumours with a phenotype that is significantly less structurally differentiated, shows significantly less peritumour fibrosis, and significantly...
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