Thyroid nodules after prenatal exposure to chernobyl radioactive fallout in Belarus
The significant risk of thyroid nodules associated with exposure in the third trimester indicates the presence of a vulnerable subgroup of pregnant women at the time of an accidental radioiodine release. Because of the strong correlation between gestational age and <sup>131</sup>I dose in the fetal thyroid, the extent to which this excess risk is attributable to elevated <sup>131</sup>I dose and/or radiosensitivity of the thyroid in later stage of fetal development remains unclear.
Authors
- Tatiana Kukhta
- Alina V. Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-3907)
- Sergey Trofimik
- Vibha Vij (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1411-0257)
- Kiyóhiko Mabuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8867-8777)
- Evgenia Ostroumova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-1733)
- Maureen Hatch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9209-1269)
- Elizabeth K. Cahoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-0588)
- I. Veyalkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-691X)
- Vasilina Yauseyenka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-5593)
- Zhi‐Ming Mai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-0669)
- Vladimir Drozdovitch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-379X)
- Mark P. Little (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0980-7567)
- Victoria Drobyshevskaya
- В. Ф. Миненко
- А. В. Рожко
Institutions
- Oxford Brookes University (GB)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (BY)
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation (JP)
- Belarusian State University (BY)
- The Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (BY)
- United Institute of Informatics Problems (BY)
- Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology (BY)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- Department of Health and Human Services (US)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2025.2588398
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00