PPT-Thyroid Disease among A-bomb Survivors Exposed in Childhood

Roy Shore Kyoji Furukawa Misa Imaizumi Radiation Effects Research Foundation shorererforjp Atomic Bomb Survivor Study Overview 2 Abomb Study Characteristics Life Span Study Includes gt86000 survivors of all ages at exposure with estimated doses and long followup for mortality 19502008 and cancer incidence 19582009. Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism in both animals and humans Metabolism is determined by mea suring the amount of oxygen used by the body over a speci64257c amount of time If the measure ment is made at rest it is known as the basal metabolic rat Once the bomb is exposed to view it is not visible to the citizen a tip was received about it there are five vi sible wires red green blue white and black Constraints A Player Must communicate that the correct sequence of wires to cut is green red t At the start of WWII in 1939 the atomic bomb had not yet been invented. However, scientists discovered about that time that a powerful explosion might be possible by splitting an atom. This type of bomb could destroy large cities in a single blast and would change warfare forever!. Inventing to Incinerate. The Debate. By spring 1945, it was clear that Japan was not going to surrender to the Allies.. An invasion was being planned by the Allies to conquer Japan. . This would’ve resulted in massive loss of life; anywhere between 500,000-1 million-plus (or more) Allied soldiers and even more Japanese soldiers and citizens.. Paula Rymer, MSW, Melinda Moore, MA, & Julie Cerel, PhD. University of Kentucky. . INTRODUCTION. A snowball sampling of survivors utilized a secure website to complete the surveys. . The sibling research was a piece of a larger study that looked at all survivor relationships, that surveyed suicide bereavement & Post Traumatic Growth (PTG).. . When to test for thyroid dysfunction. . Have a low index of suspicion . You should expect negative tests in at least 90% of patients (apologies to Dr Colley). But. beware of attributing symptoms to mildly abnormal thyroid function tests. neoplasms. Thyroid Cancer accounts for 1.5% of all cancers. in the US. Six deaths per 1 million people occur annually.. The most common endocrine malignancy accounts for 95% of all endocrine cancers. Radioactive Iodine therapy in the treatment of differentiated Thyroid cancer By Ahmed Ramadan Assistant Lecturer Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine Dep. Mansoura University Anatomy 2 lobes connected with International Radiation and Thyroid Cancer Workshop. Tokyo, Japan. February 21st – 23rd, 2014. Presented by: Ashok N. Vaswani, MD. US Department of Energy, Washington, DC . and International Outreach Services, Honolulu, Hawaii . ghazal. Normal mass of thyroid about 30 g . Highly vascularized , receive about 120 ml blood / min .. Follicular cells secret : . Thyroxine. (. tetraiodothyronine. ) T4. Contains 4 ions of iodine . Prepared by : Stephanie N. Ammari . Resources : Davidson , . Medstudy. . Normal Physiology . THYROID FUNCTION TESTS. TFTs . include TSH, FT4, and sometimes . FT3. . . . When . screening for primary thyroid . sample?. Does . ultrasound . help . to differentiate . adenoma lesions from parathyroid carcinoma?. Parathyroid carcinoma . is rare. , representing. <. 1% . of . primary hyperparathyroidism . cases.. Courses in Therapeutics and Disease State Management. Epidemiology and Classification. 12% of the U.S. population will experience thyroid disease in their lifetime. Thyroxine (T4) is the predominant hormone secreted by the thyroid gland. Dr.Lilianne. Haj Hassan. 29/3/2016. Thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid carcinoma is uncommon . Life time risk of being diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma is less than . 1% (less than 1.5% of all adult cancers).