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This proceedings presents lectures on the standard model of electroweak and strong interactions, string theory, experiments and accelerators, supersymmetry and supersymmetric unified models, and the interface of astrophysics and particle physics.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title\r | iii | ||
| Copyright\r | iv | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Organisers\r | xiv | ||
| EDITORIAL | xvii | ||
| Introduction\r | 1 | ||
| External Radiation and Thyroid Cancer Risk in Humans\r | 5 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer After Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use of Radionuclides; A Review of the Association\r | 13 | ||
| Nevada Atmospheric Nuclear Bomb Tests: Estimation of the Thyroid Doses and Health Effects Resulting from the Iodine-131 Releases\r | 21 | ||
| Studies in Utah of Thyroid Tumors Following Nevada Test Site Fallout\r | 29 | ||
| Atomic Bomb Survivors Population\r | 35 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodules in the People of the Marshall Islands Potentially Exposed to Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing\r | 41 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer Promoted by Radiation in Young People of Belarus (Clinical and Epidemiological Features)\r | 51 | ||
| The Pathomorphology of Childhood Papillary Thyrid Carcinoma in Belarus in Different Periods After the Chernobyl Accident (1991-1997) | 55 | ||
| The Post-Chernobyl Incidence of Childhood Thyroid Cancer in Ukraine\r | 61 | ||
| Thyroid Retrospective Dosimetry Problems in Ukraine: Achievements and Delusions | 71 | ||
| Development of Cancer and Non-Cancer Thyroid Diseases in Children and Adolescents After the Chernobyl Accident\r | 79 | ||
| Risk of Radiogenic Thyroid Cancer in Russia Following the Chernobyl Accident\r | 89 | ||
| Thyroid Exposures of Children and Adolescents Due to the Chernobyl Accident: The Resulting Cancer Risk\r | 97 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer in New Caledonia\r | 107 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer Among the Population of Semipalatinsk Region Exposed to Ionizing Radiation Due to Nuclear Weapon Tests. Correlational Study\r | 117 | ||
| Factors Related to Latency Period in Post-Chernobyl Carcinogenesis\r | 123 | ||
| Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer Among Children Having Been Exposed to Radiation in Consequence of the Chernobyl Accident\r | 135 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer in the Altai Region Population Exposed to Fallout from the Nuclear Tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Site\r | 141 | ||
| Thyroid Carcinoma Post Chernobyl in the Russian Federation: A Pathological Study\r | 145 | ||
| Morphological Features and Analysis of Radiation Risk of Development of Post-Chernobyl Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents of Ukraine\r | 151 | ||
| The Molecular Biology of Radiation Carcinogenesis\r | 155 | ||
| Experimental Thyroid Carcinogenesis in Rodents: Role of Radiation and Xenobiotic Chemicals\r | 167 | ||
| Biological Mechanisms Underlying Radiation Induction of Thyroid Carcinoma | 177 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer in Atomic Bomb Survivors\r | 189 | ||
| Can the Chernobyl Accident Provide Answers Regarding the Relative Risk of 131I-vs. Short-Lived Nuclides\r | 195 | ||
| Relative Biological Effectiveness of External Radiation vs 131I: A Review of Animal Data\r | 201 | ||
| Functional and Histomorphological Changes of Thyrocytes Under Different Iodine Intake and External Ionizing Radiation in Rats\r | 209 | ||
| Characterization of Lymphoid Infiltration in Post Chernobyl Childhood Thyroid Carcinoma in Ukraine\r | 213 | ||
| The Ret Gene is Involved in Different Tumoral Diseases\r | 217 | ||
| Molecular Basis of Tumour Initiation and Progression in the Thyroid Follicular Cell: In Vitro Models\r | 225 | ||
| Transgenic Models of Thyroid Tumorigenesis: Relation to Chernobyl Cancers\r | 239 | ||
| Molecular Analysis of Thyroid Carcinomas in Children After Chernobyl: Absence of RAS, P53 and GSa Mutations, But High Prevalence of Specific Types of RET Rearrangement\r | 251 | ||
| Association Between Morphological Subtype of Post Chernobyl Papillary Carcinoma and Rearrangement of the RET Oncogene\r | 255 | ||
| Molecular Genetic Analysis of RET Rearrangements in Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas from Belarussian Children and Adults\r | 263 | ||
| Activation Rate of RAS and RET/PTC in Nodular Thyroid Disease Developing in the Marshall Islands\r | 269 | ||
| Cytogenetic Analysis, Gene Expression and Tumorigenicity Studies of Radiation-Induced Human Thyroid Carcinomas\r | 273 | ||
| Iodine Deficiency and Thyroid Cancer Morbidity Following the Accident at the Chernobyl Power Plant\r | 277 | ||
| Studies on the P53 Gene in Children with Thyroid Cancer from Belarus\r | 283 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer and Iodine Deficiency in Children of Belarus\r | 287 | ||
| Thyroid Cancer in Children of Belarus and Immunity\r | 291 | ||
| Thyroid Dose Assessment: An Overview of the Problems and Solutions\r | 297 | ||
| Estimation of Individual Thyroid Doses Received by the Subjects of the Cohort Screened in the Belarussian-American Study\r | 309 | ||
| Radioiodine Biokinetics in the Mother and Fetus. Part I. Pregnant Woman; Part 2. Fetus\r | 319 | ||
| New Results of Thyroid Retrospective Dosimetry in Russia Following the Chernobyl Accident\r | 333 | ||
| Thyroid Dose Assessments After the Chernobyl Accident: Achievements and Problems\r | 341 | ||
| Uncertainty Analysis of Thyroid Dose Reconstruction After the Chernobyl Accident\r | 347 | ||
| Assessment of the Sources of Contamination of the River Garonne, France, by Iodine-131\r | 353 | ||
| Thyroid Dosimetry, Post-Chernobyl Thyroid Irradiation and Epidemiology in Lithuania\r | 359 | ||
| Measures to Reduce Exposure of the Thyroid Gland to Radiation\r | 363 | ||
| Monitoring and Prevention of the Development of Thyroid Carcinoma in a Population Exposed to Radiation\r | 369 | ||
| Practical Experience of Prophylaxis for Large Scale Exposure After a Nuclear Accident\r | 377 | ||
| Clinical Features and Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma Following Radiation\r | 387 | ||
| Observed and Predicted Thyroid Cancer Incidence Following the Chernobyl Accident. Evidence for Factors Influencing Susceptibility to Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer\r | 395 | ||
| Results of Radioiodine Treatment in 158 Children from Belarus with Thyroid Cancer After the Chernobyl Accident\r | 407 | ||
| Gonadic Efforts of Radioiodine-131 in Patients Treated for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer\r | 411 | ||
| Biokinetic and Cytogenetic Studies in Thyroid Cancer Patients After 131I Treatment\r | 417 | ||
| Early Diagnosis of Radiation Induced Thyroid Cancer in Children of Belarus by Ultrasound\r | 425 | ||
| Potassium Iodide Prophylaxis and the United States Government: A Case Study\r | 433 | ||
| Determination of Iodine Kinetics in Lung Metastases During Radioiodine Therapy of Belarussian Children with Thyroid Carcinoma\r | 443 | ||
| Reactor Accidents and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Use of the Chernobyl Experience for Emergency Response\r | 449 | ||
| Public Health Implications of Iodine Prophylaxis in Radiological Emergencies\r | 455 | ||
| Chernobyl Aid Programmes as a Basis of an Integrated System of Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Facilities and Research in Belarus\r | 465 | ||
| Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction from Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies: A Potential New Diagnostic Tool for Thyroid Gland Disorders\r | 469 | ||
| L-Thyroxine Treatment in Children with Thyroid Carcinoma in Minsk\r | 477 | ||
| Outcome of Post-Chernobyl Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas Treated by Surgery, Radioiodine and TSH-Suppressive Therapy\r | 481 | ||
| Characteristics of Differentiated Childhood Thyroid Cancer from Belarus\r | 487 | ||
| Comparative Thyroid Cancer Risk of Childhood and Adult Radiation Exposure and Estimation of Lifetime Risk\r | 491 | ||
| Future Issues: An ICRP Perspective\r | 499 | ||
| Open Discussion, Conclusions, Lessons and Actions\r | 505 | ||
| List of Participants\r | 515 |