18 Cancers, 44 Suspected, 58.4% Of Fukushima Children Have Thyroid Abnormality

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18 Thyroid Cancer Cases Confirmed in Fukushima Children: Preliminary Results of FY2011-2013 Thyroid Ultrasound Examination

Total number of children examined as of June 7, 2013: 216,809

Total number of children whose initial examination results are confirmed: 192,886

Assessment A1 106,823 (no nodules or cysts found)

Assessment A2 84,783 (nodules 5.0 mm or smaller or cysts 20.0 mm or smaller)

Assessment B 1,279 (requiring secondary examination)

Secondary examination results as of July 31, 2013

(including blood and urine tests, more detailed ultrasound examination, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy if needed)

18 papillary thyroid cancers confirmed after surgery (18 boys, 26 girls, age 8-21)

25 suspected of thyroid cancer, awaiting surgery 

1 benign nodule

  The youngest confirmed of cancer is a girl who was 6 years old at the time of the nuclear accident.

1,280 are eligible for secondary examination

771 have actually undergone secondary examination

625 finished the secondary examination