van Hoff J, Averkin Y I, Hilchenko E I, Prudyvus I S
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Stem Cells. 1997;15 Suppl 2:231-41. doi: 10.1002/stem.5530150731.
The Chernobyl accident in 1986 had a major ecological impact, with the bulk of the radioactive contamination affecting Belarus, the Ukraine and Russian Federation. Belarus has a nationwide general cancer registry that dates back to 1965, which allows a comparison of cancer incidence rates from before and after the accident. Preliminary analysis indicates that there has been an increased incidence of all cancers, with thyroid cancer accounting for most of that change. When cancer incidence data from Belarus are compared to data from the U.S., there is a higher incidence of thyroid cancer and a slightly higher incidence of Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Belarus, but a lower reported incidence of leukemia and brain tumors. The Belarusian State Cancer Registry is being used as a foundation for the development of a more comprehensive childhood cancer registry.
1986年的切尔诺贝利事故造成了重大的生态影响，大部分放射性污染影响了白俄罗斯、乌克兰和俄罗斯联邦。白俄罗斯有一个可追溯至1965年的全国性癌症综合登记处，这使得人们能够比较事故前后的癌症发病率。初步分析表明，所有癌症的发病率都有所上升，其中甲状腺癌占了这一变化的大部分。将白俄罗斯的癌症发病率数据与美国的数据进行比较时，白俄罗斯的甲状腺癌发病率较高，霍奇金病和非霍奇金淋巴瘤的发病率略高，但白血病和脑肿瘤的报告发病率较低。白俄罗斯国家癌症登记处正被用作建立一个更全面的儿童癌症登记处的基础。
