Cancer specialists in four hospitals in Japan have explained in a letter to the British weekly The Lancet, it would be wise to store stem cells for hundreds of workers who attempt since the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March of avoid a nuclear disaster site in Fukushima, north-eastern Japan. The letter is signed by a team of five physicians led by Tetsuya Tanimoto Cancer Institute at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and Shuichi Taniguchi Toranomon Hospital, both in Tokyo.
"In case of strong irradiation, the main diseases that need attention are the skin burns and destruction of bone marrow cells, which may cause the collapse of the immune and blood," said Dr. Edgardo Carosella, Service Research Hemato-Immunology, Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. The technique involves taking stem cells from blood circulating in the human body.
These can then be transplanted to treat certain cancers to promote production of new cells in patients whose tumors are removed by radiotherapy. The teams in Fukushima working under extremely hazardous to health by trying to extract water from the irradiated site and to restart the cooling system of three reactors injured, according to oncologists.
According to the Commission for Research and Independent Information on Radioactivity (CRIIRAD), they work at doses "potentially lethal". "The complete closure of these reactors will take years. The risk of accidental exposure to radiation and increases for workers and storage of cells from their blood will be even more important," explained the doctors.
A debate on the sacrifice of the liquidators was also launched by a Japanese member premiums while their interventions seem ridiculously low, "the government must address the fact that these workers are exposed to an extremely dangerous situation." The issue of volunteerism is also raised because according to a former nuclear engineer, Mitsuhiko Tanaka, most of these men, employed by subcontractors Tepco, fear the loss of future contracts in case of refusal.
Physicians have complained about the resistance of the nuclear industry officials in Japan to the removal of cells from workers fearing for their reputation. For more information: 
"In case of strong irradiation, the main diseases that need attention are the skin burns and destruction of bone marrow cells, which may cause the collapse of the immune and blood," said Dr. Edgardo Carosella, Service Research Hemato-Immunology, Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. The technique involves taking stem cells from blood circulating in the human body.
These can then be transplanted to treat certain cancers to promote production of new cells in patients whose tumors are removed by radiotherapy. The teams in Fukushima working under extremely hazardous to health by trying to extract water from the irradiated site and to restart the cooling system of three reactors injured, according to oncologists.
According to the Commission for Research and Independent Information on Radioactivity (CRIIRAD), they work at doses "potentially lethal". "The complete closure of these reactors will take years. The risk of accidental exposure to radiation and increases for workers and storage of cells from their blood will be even more important," explained the doctors.
A debate on the sacrifice of the liquidators was also launched by a Japanese member premiums while their interventions seem ridiculously low, "the government must address the fact that these workers are exposed to an extremely dangerous situation." The issue of volunteerism is also raised because according to a former nuclear engineer, Mitsuhiko Tanaka, most of these men, employed by subcontractors Tepco, fear the loss of future contracts in case of refusal.
Physicians have complained about the resistance of the nuclear industry officials in Japan to the removal of cells from workers fearing for their reputation. For more information:
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