OPEN DISCUSSION ON ISEE’S LETTER TO THE AUTHORITIES IN JAPAN CONCERNING THE PAPER BY TSUDA ET AL. 2015

​The paper by Tsuda et al. 2015 published in Epidemiology reporting an increase in thyroid cancer in Fukushima has been responded by several critical letters (see the end of this post). 
Tsuda et al. 2015. Thyroid Cancer Detection by Ultrasound Among Residents Ages 18 Years and Younger in Fukushima, Japan: 2011 to 2014. Epidemiology, 2015 Oct 5.

Following the paper by Tsuda et al, the President of ISEE sent in January 2016 an official letter to the authorities in Japan requesting more research on this topic. The letter also created reactions.
Laden et al. 2016. Correspondence.

We are therefore opening an open space here where these comments can be published and responded, if necessary, by the ISEE. We thank ISEE-Europe for hosting the blog.

Manolis Kogevinas
President ISEE

Disclaimer: Unless clearly stated, the views published in this blog do not represent ISEE’s views. 

Letters in Epidemiology, 2016 Feb 3, 
Shibata 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.
Jorgensen 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.
Wakeford et al. 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.
Körblein 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.
Takahashi 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.
Takamura 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.
Tsuda et al. 2016. Response to the Commentary by Professor Davis and the Seven Letters. -A well-known fact should be disseminated to remedy the problems.
Suzuki 2016. Re: Thyroid Cancer Among Young People in Fukushima.

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