Thirty-Five-Year-Old Woman with Signet Ring Cell Gastric Carcinoma Secondary to the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: A Case Report

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident resulted in radiation exposures throughout much of Europe, with the highest exposures within the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, where the accident occurred. We report a woman who was exposed to the Chernobyl accident at age 13. Beginning in her early thirties, she expe...

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Main Authors: Kim Mayhall, Masoumeh Ghayouri, Katherine Henry, Veronica Margin, Domeinico Copolla, Rodney Shackelford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/350464