 Possible increases in thyroid cancer have been reported in the Czech Republic and the UK, but more research is needed to evaluate thyroid cancer incidences in Western Europe".It predicted about 30,000 to 60,000 excess cancer deaths and warned that predictions of excess cancer deaths strongly depend on the risk factor used; and predicted excess cases of thyroid cancer range between 18,000 and 66,000 in Belarus alone depending on the risk projection model 

By 2016, 6,000 cases of thyroid cancer had been diagnosed, with another 16,000 expected.More generally, 40,000 fatal cancer cases are expected across Europe.