Scientific Programme & Abstracts from the International Meeting in Pediatric Endocrinology (IMPE)
Volume 96 | IMPE2023

IMPE 2023

Buenos Aires, Argentina
04 Mar 2023 - 07 Mar 2023

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11th International Meeting of Pediatric Endocrinology (IMPE 2023). 4 -7 March 2023 - Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Symposia

New aspects in thyroid cancer

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Lessons from Fukushima: Current situation of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Yokoya Susumu

After the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Thyroid Ultrasound Examination (TUE) program as a part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey was initiated among subjects aged ≤18 years at the time of the accident in order to support residents of Fukushima Prefecture and to analyze the health effects of the released radionuclides. The first-round survey of the TUE program was und...