Breast Cancer and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Relationship: Can Hormonal Factors or Thyroglobulin Gene Polymorphism Be the Common Factor?

Objective:Recent studies indicated an association between thyroid autoimmunity and breast cancer, but the causality still needed to be proven. The aim of this study was to compare the prevelance of autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATD) between breast cancer patients and the control group. We hypothesise...

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Main Authors: Tolga Özmen, Mustafa Akkiprik, Handan Kaya, Bahadır M. Güllüoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2014-01-01
Series:European Journal of Breast Health
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Online Access: http://www.eurjbreasthealth.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/breast-cancer-and-autoimmune-thyroid-disease-relat/42281