High Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Southern Tuscany (Grosseto Province, Italy): Potential Role of Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution

High Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Southern Tuscany (Grosseto Province, Italy): Potential Role of Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution

The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) in Italy is one of the highest in Europe, and the reason for this is unclear. The intra-country heterogeneity of TC incidence suggests the possibility of an overdiagnosis phenomenon, although environmental factors cannot be excluded. The aim of our study is to ev...

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Main Authors: Marco Capezzone, Massimo Tosti Balducci, Eugenia Maria Morabito, Cosimo Durante, Paolo Piacentini, Liborio Torregrossa, Gabriele Materazzi, Giacomo Giubbolini, Virginia Mancini, Maja Rossi, Massimo Alessandri, Alessandra Cartocci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
thyroid cancer
incidence
epidemiology
heavy metals
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/2/298

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