Parathyroid tumors in atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima: epidemiological study from registered cases at Hiroshima Prefecture Tumor Tissue Registry, 1974-1987

N Takeichi; K Dohi; H Yamamoto; H Ito; K Mabuchi; T Yamamoto; K Shimaoka; K Yokoro

doi:10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01913.x

Parathyroid tumors in atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima: epidemiological study from registered cases at Hiroshima Prefecture Tumor Tissue Registry, 1974-1987

Jpn J Cancer Res. 1991 Aug;82(8):875-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01913.x.

Authors

N Takeichi¹, K Dohi, H Yamamoto, H Ito, K Mabuchi, T Yamamoto, K Shimaoka, K Yokoro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine.

Abstract

An examination of registered cases of parathyroid tumor in Hiroshima Prefecture between 1974 and 1987 revealed 23 cases. An epidemiological study showed that the incidence of parathyroid tumors in Hiroshima Prefecture was significantly higher in the total exposed, especially among the proximally exposed (within 2,000 m from the hypocenter), than in the control nonexposed group (P less than 0.001). A similar trend was seen for parathyroid tumor associated with primary hyperparathyroidism.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / epidemiology*
Nuclear Warfare*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / etiology*
Registries*
Time Factors