CancerCompass message board discussion started by Daughterfinland on 4/24/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,5169,0.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My mother was diagnosed with essential thrombocytosis (ET) in 1987. We live in Finland. Does someone know anything about this: What causes essential thrombocytosis? I have heard that one of the possible reasons (including some virus infection) might be the background radiation. Has anyone of you ever been thinking that it's possible that radiation (from background, nuclear power plants or nuclear disasters - like in Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986) can cause ET? The contaminated cloud from Chernobyl came to Finland too. My mother has also worked in former Soviet Union when there were problems with nuclear power plants's radiation safety in the 70's. Does somebody know if ET is more common in countries where accidents has happened? I would be very pleased if someone answered to my questions! Daughterfinland Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT