Iodine prophylaxis—the protective factor against stomach cancer in iodine deficient areas

摘要

Poland has one of the highest death rates for stomach cancer in Europe. Moderate iodine deficiency and in consequence high goitre prevalence led to the implementation in 1996 of a very efficient mandatory model of iodine prophylaxis, based on household salt iodisation (30 ± 10mg KI/1 kg of salt).