Molecular Epidemiological Study on Risk of Radiation-associated Cancer after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25257508
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Endocrinology
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: YAMASHITA Shunichi 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 教授 (30200679)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAMURA Noboru 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 教授 (30295068) ; NAKASHIMA Masahiro 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 教授 (50284683) ; SAENKO Vladimir 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 准教授 (30343346) ; MITSUTAKE Norisato 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 准教授 (50404215)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: チェルノブイリ / 甲状腺がん / 分子疫学調査 / がん組織バンク / 放射線影響

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Molecular epidemiological study has been successfully implemented at the overseas’ joint research offices around Chernobyl, focusing on radiation-associated thyroid cancer, and various joint symposia and workshops were organized in Japan and abroad. The English monograph related to Chernobyl Thyroid Cancer was published jointly and many researchers from abroad were invited to Japan for training of radiation disaster medicine. Several new research findings about SNPs analysis of disease-susceptibility genes were reported using molecular epidemiological and pathological methods. These results have been applied how to interpret the data obtained from the thyroid ultrasound examination within the official framework of the Fukushima Health Management Survey, indicating the different characteristics of thyroid cancer between Chernobyl and Fukushima.

Free Research Field

内分泌学、分子疫学、放射線災害医療学