Forty years after Chernobyl: Little evidence to show that radiation released from the accident increased cancers globally

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On April 28, 1986, when a radioactive plume reached Sweden, the world discovered that there had been a huge accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power facility in Ukraine. The accident had occurred two days earlier, and the details were hidden by Soviet authorities.  

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Robert Peter Gale, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FACP, FRCP, FRCPI(hon), FRSM
Visiting professor, Centre for Haematology, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London; Honorary professor, Institute of Hematology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Visiting professor, Department of Hematologic Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Robert Peter Gale, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FACP, FRCP, FRCPI(hon), FRSM
Visiting professor, Centre for Haematology, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London; Honorary professor, Institute of Hematology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Visiting professor, Department of Hematologic Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

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