Results of mass screening of children, teens for thyroid cancer following Fukushima nuclear accident

(JAMA Network) The accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in 2011 raised grave concerns about radioactive material released into the environment, including concerns over radiation-induced thyroid cancer.   Ultrasound screenings for thyroid cancer were subsequently conducted in the Fukushima Health Management Survey. This observational study group includes about 324,000 people   18 or younger at the time of the accident and it reports on two rounds of ultrasound screening during the first five years after the accident.
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