The rates of thyroid disorder including, but not only, cancer are very high in Ukraine and Belarus. And rates of other cancers are also high.
More than 2 million
refugees have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on Feb 24, 2022, and over 4 million people, 10% of the population, are expected to be forcibly displaced as they seek safety, creating a wide-ranging humanitarian crisis. Ukraine has a high cancer burden with more than
160 000 new diagnoses in 2020 alone. The country also has one of the highest childhood
cancer mortality rates globally. Thus, disparities in cancer care in Ukraine were already high before Russia's unprovoked aggression and will now undoubtedly worsen as a result of the conflict.
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Thyroid cancers have increased tenfold among Ukrainian children since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster. And most of the malignancies are unusually aggressive and rapidly metastasise to nearby lymph nodes, reports a new epidemiological study (
Cancer 1999; 86: 148–55).
Thyroid cancers have increased tenfold among Ukrainian children since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster. And most of the malignancies are unusually aggressive and rapidly metastasise to nearby lymph nodes, reports a new epidemiological study (Cancer 1999; 86: 148–55).
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