Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis as a Risk Factor of Papillary Thyroid Cancer May Improve Cancer Prognosis

2013138 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Yu Lun · First Hospital of China Medical University

Xiaoyu Wu · First Hospital of China Medical University

Qian Xia · First Hospital of China Medical University

Yanshuo Han · First Hospital of China Medical University

Xiaoyu Zhang · China Medical University

Zhimin Liu · China Medical University

Fengyi Wang

Abstract

Histologically confirmed HT is associated with a significantly higher risk of PTC, due primarily to the higher serum TSH concentrations resulting from the tendency to hypothyroidism in HT. Autoimmunity is another independent risk factor for PTC but may be associated with a better prognosis.

Topics & Keywords

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Head and Neck Anomalies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Otolaryngology

Volume 148, Issue 3, pp. 396-402

DOI: 10.1177/0194599812472426

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