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Radiation is the best defined causative factor in thyroid cancer. The thyroid is especially susceptible to injury from radiation to which it may be exposed in a variety of circumstances in addition to natural background: radiotherapy, including, historically, therapy of such benign conditions as ring worm and haemangiomata, radiation exposure in nuclear accidents and fallout from nuclear bomb tests,...
Background A radiation dose of any magnitude can produce a detrimental effect manifesting as an increased risk of cancer. Cancer development may be delayed for many years following radiation exposure. Minimizing radiation dose in children is particularly important. However, reducing the dose can reduce image quality and may, therefore, hinder lesion detection. Objective We investigated the effects...
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