ReviewJournal of epidemiology2022
A Comprehensive Review of the Progress and Evaluation of the Thyroid Ultrasound Examination Program, the Fukushima Health Management Survey.
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- Detection rate and maximum diameter of thyroid cysts among children and adolescents in thyroid ultrasound examination, The Fukushima Health Management Survey.Endocrine journal · 2026Article
- A prospective cohort study of the factors associated with recurrence in young patients with thyroid cancer.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- 2025 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey, "Fukushima's lessons for the future: promoting health and responding to disasters."Fukushima journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Effects of explanatory information on parental intentions regarding child participation in thyroid ultrasound examinations after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident: a questionnaire survey.Endocrine journal · 2026Article
- Effects of explaining the merits and demerits of thyroid ultrasound examination on participation intention among adolescents after the Fukushima nuclear accident: a questionnaire survey.Endocrine journal · 2026Article
- Stable Iodine Intake and Thyroid Screening Outcomes After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: An Observational Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Observational
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- Response to the letter of Midorikawa et al.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Effects of Overweight on Risk of Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents: The Fukushima Health Management Survey.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Detection of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents in Fukushima, Japan: a population-based cohort study of the Fukushima Health Management Survey.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Thyroid ultrasound findings in young and middle-aged adults living in the region of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2024Article
- A Historical Survey of Key Epidemiological Studies of Ionizing Radiation Exposure.Radiation research · 2024Review
- Radiation-Related Thyroid Cancer.Endocrine reviews · 2024Review
- 2022 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey Build Back Better, Together. "Science for Society: Advancing Fukushima's Well-Being".Fukushima journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Radiation Dose Does Not Affect the Predictive Value of Thyroid Biopsy for Diagnosing Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Belarusian Cohort Exposed to Chernobyl Fallout.Acta cytologica · 2024Article
- Confounding factors and biases involved in regional differences in the detection rate of thyroid cancer in the second-round Thyroid Ultrasound Examination: the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Journal of radiation research · 2023Article
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- No increase in translocated chromosomal aberrations, an indicator of ionizing radiation exposure, in childhood thyroid cancer in Fukushima Prefecture.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Revisiting the Geographical Distribution of Thyroid Cancer Incidence in Fukushima Prefecture: Analysis of Data From the Second- and Third-round Thyroid Ultrasound Examination.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, and the subsequent tsunami caused an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in which extensive damage to the nuclear power reactors resulted in massive radioactive contamination. Fukushima Prefecture implemented the Thyroid Ultrasound Examination (TUE) program as part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey project in response to residents' anxieties about health risks due to radiation exposure for residents aged 0-18 years at the time of the nuclear accident. This program consisted of the primary examination and the confirmatory examination. In the primary examination, thyroid nodules and cysts were examined using portable ultrasound apparatuses. The confirmatory examination was performed to have clinical or cytological diagnosis. As of June 30, 2021, 116, 71, 31, 36, and 9 examinees in the first, second, third, and fourth round of surveys, and the survey at age 25 years, respectively, were determined to have nodules cytologically diagnosed as malignant or suspicious for malignancy. The confirmatory examination of the fourth-round survey and the primary and confirmatory examination of fifth-round survey are currently in progress. Together with the low thyroid absorbed radiation dose estimated in the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation 2020 report, our results suggested that the increased incidence of childhood thyroid cancer in Fukushima Prefecture was not caused by radiation exposure, but rather by the highly sensitive detection method. As detailed in this review, there were ongoing challenges in our program, such as actions against the risk of overdiagnosis and psychological support for participants and their families.
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