'Thyroid cancer, which affects about 11 people per 100,000 each year, seems to be on the rise. It's a trend that baffles medical researchers.
National Cancer Institute statistics suggest that in recent years the number of cases of this often curable cancer has increased by about 6.5%. Over a decade, that has added up to make thyroid cancer the fastest-increasing cancer, says Tod Huntley, an otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon with the Center for Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy in Indianapolis.
"Ten years ago, if I saw four new thyroid cancer patients a year, it would have been a lot," says G. Irene Minor, a radiation oncologist with Indiana University Health Central Indiana Cancer Center. "Now sometimes I see that many in a month, and I have seen three in a week."'
NOTE: I'm embarrassed that anyone could make such an imbecilic statement. Shall we give them a clue?
The thyroid gland is the first to uptake radioactive iodine. Yes, radioactive iodine has a half life of only 8 days, ONCE IT STOPS SPEWING. Ten months after Fukushima, it has not stopped yet, once it does, then every 8 days the amount of iodine is diminished by half, so it actually takes about 80 days for it to disappear.
If the thyroid gland has insufficient iodine it WILL UPTAKE ANY IODINE AVAILABLE.....which would be radioactive. Most of you have found your way to this Blog from the Radiation page. Japanese visitors represent my 2nd largest group of people to this site.
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