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Two women speak with each other in the common room at the breast cancer department at the Scientific Research Institute in Minsk on March 13, 2006 in Minsk, Belarus. Although it is not possible to directly result any one particular case to the Chernobyl disaster, there has been an increased incidence of breast cancer as a consequence of the accident has been recognized internationally. The number of cases has doubled in the area around Gomel in Belarus. On April 26 reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station on the border of the Ukraine and Belarus exploded. The fire, which burned out of control for five days, spewed more than 50 tons of radioactive fallout across Belarus. The wind carried the heaviest radioactive deposits across Belarus, where even today a large portion of the land is considered uninhabitable. The government denied the accident happened for several days, allowing the people in the Gomel region of Belarus to linger in the radiation. The cause of the medical illnesses are often hard to find, and much harder to prove. But, the rise in the number of cancer cases and other health problems in this region is too great for any other Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty