Supplements May Cut Thyroid Cancer Risk From Radiation
People exposed to radioactive iodine 131 in childhood have an increased risk of thyroid cancer, but this risk may be lowered with both iodine deficiency and supplementation, according to a study in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The international study included 276 thyroid cancer patients and 1,300 control subjects in Belarus and the Russian Federation, who were younger than 15 years old at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986. That accident resulted in widespread radioactive contamination in parts of Belarus, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine."
