Response to Tsuda et al. “demonstrating the undermining of science and health policy after the Fukushima nuclear accident by applying the toolkit for detecting misused epidemiological methods”

Environmental Health

Comment

An Van Nieuwenhuyse¹  Takashi Ohba²  Dominique Laurier³  Enora Cléro³  Elisabeth Cardis⁴  Liudmila Liutsko⁵  Deborah Oughton⁶  Thierry Schneider⁷  Bernd Grosche⁸  Claire Demoury⁹  Yvon Motreff^1,10  Philippe Pirard^1,10  Agnès Rogel^1,10 

[1] Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven, Belgium;Department of Health Protection, Laboratoire National de Santé (LNS), Dudelange, Luxembourg;Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, 9601295, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan;Health and Environment Division, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France;Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain;Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain;Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain;Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain;Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Metropolitana Nord, IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain;Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Center for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Aas, Norway;Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre (CEPN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France;Retired Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Munich, Germany;Risk and Health Impact Assessment Unit, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium;Santé publique France, F-94415, Saint-Maurice, France;

关键词: Epidemiological methods;    Thyroid cancer;    Screening;    Overdiagnosis;    Nuclear accident;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12940-023-00966-z

 received in 2023-01-05, accepted in 2023-01-14,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe SHAMISEN (Nuclear Emergency Situations - Improvement of Medical And Health Surveillance) European project was conducted in 2015-2017 to review the lessons learned from the experience of past nuclear accidents and develop recommendations for preparedness and health surveillance of populations affected by a nuclear accident. Using a toolkit approach, Tsuda et al. recently published a critical review of the article by Cléro et al. derived from the SHAMISEN project on thyroid cancer screening after nuclear accident.Main bodyWe address the main points of criticism of our publication on the SHAMISEN European project.ConclusionWe disagree with some of the arguments and criticisms mentioned by Tsuda et al. We continue to support the conclusions and recommendations of the SHAMISEN consortium, including the recommendation not to launch a mass thyroid cancer screening after a nuclear accident, but rather to make it available (with appropriate information counselling) to those who request it.

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