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In the cancer ward of a Kiev hospital in the Ukraine, 19-year-old 
Elena is being treated for her second case of thyroid cancer in just 3 
years

In the cancer ward of a Kiev hospital in the Ukraine, 19-year-old Elena is being treated for her second case of thyroid cancer in just 3 years

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It has been 20 years since the name Chernobyl became the infamous nuclear accident that devastated the lives of millions of people in Western Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. 20 years on, and the nightmare for thousands of people is still frightening.