ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2016
Cancer incidence in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in Taiwan: a population-based study.
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- Incidence of solid cancers among residents near nuclear facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The risk of thyroid cancer in relation to residential proximity to nuclear power plants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Pooled it
- A national analysis of the impact of proximity to nuclear power plants on lung, breast and colon cancer mortalities in the U.S., 2000-2020.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- External ambient radiation exposure and cancer mortality trends around Qinshan nuclear power plant phase I: long-term study before and after service extension.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Study Protocol for Radiation Exposure and Cancer Risk Assessment: The Taiwan Nuclear Power Plants and Epidemiology Cohort Study (TNPECS).Journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Long-term investigation of environmental radioactivity levels and public health around the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, China.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Thyroid cancer incidence near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level.International journal of cancer · 2020Article
- Nationwide cohort study on the epidemiology and survival outcomes of thyroid cancer.Oncotarget · 2017Article
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Abstract
Numerous antinuclear demonstrations reveal that the public is anxious about the potential health effects caused by nuclear power plants. The purpose of this study is to address the question "Is there a higher cancer incidence rate in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in Taiwan?" The Taiwan Cancer Registry database from 1979 to 2003 was used to compare the standardized incidence rate of the top four cancers with strong evidence for radiation risks between the "plant-vicinity" with those "non-plant-vicinity" groups. All cancer sites, five-leading cancers in Taiwan, and gender-specific cancers were also studied. We also adopted different observation time to compare the incidence rate of cancers between two groups to explore the impact of the observation period. The incidences of leukemia, thyroid, lung, and breast cancer were not significantly different between two groups, but cervix uteri cancer showed higher incidence rates in the plant-vicinity group. The incidence of cervical cancer was not consistently associated with the duration of plant operation, according to a multiyear period comparison. Although there was higher incidence in cervix cancer in the plant-vicinity group, our findings did not provide the crucial evidence that nuclear power plants were the causal factor for some cancers with strong evidence for radiation risks.
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