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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2006

For the persons who live in a hot area after an accident at a nuclear object, the greatest risk within the first decade is represented by cancer of:

Answer options

  1. Lungs
  2. Breast
  3. Reproduction system organs
  4. Skin
  5. Thyroid gland
Correct answer

Thyroid gland

Explanation

One of the risk factors for thyroid cancer is exposure to high levels of radiation. In this case, an accident at a nuclear object exposes the person to high levels of radiation.

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