If ingested promptly after a nuclear accident, potassium iodide, in concentrated form, can help reduce the dose of radiation to the thyroid and thus the risk of cancer.

核事故发生后如及时地摄入浓缩的碘化钾，则可以减少甲状腺的放射量，从而降低癌症风险。

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Demand for radiation detectors, along with potassium iodide pills, which can help prevent radiation-induced thyroid cancer, quickly outstripped supplies and the limited capacity to produce more.

对于辐射探测器、以及碘化钾药片(它可以帮助预防辐射引发的甲状腺癌)的需求，很快超过了供应和有限的生产能力。

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Fortunately, like most thyroid cancer patients, she needed only a single dose of radiation to get rid of the cancer.

幸运的是，和大多数罹患甲状腺癌的患者一样，她只需要单剂放疗即可摆脱癌症的困扰。

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After the Chernobyl disaster, about 6, 000 children exposed to radiation later developed thyroid cancer, because many drank contaminated milk after the accident.

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Elsewhere, concerns were raised over the failing health of the chief justice of the Supreme Court , William Rehnquist, after he revealed he was receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment for his thyroid cancer.

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There are certainly many cancers that radiation can induce in addition to thyroid cancer, from breast and prostate cancer to various leukemias.

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