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A meta-analysis of alcohol consumption and thyroid cancer risk.
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- Sleep duration and the risk of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis including dose-response relationship.BMC cancer · 2018Pooled it
- Female alcohol consumption and fecundability: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
- Obesity is positively related and tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption are negatively related to an increased risk of thyroid cancer.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Thyroid Cancer: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Environmental and lifestyle factors and risk of thyroid carcinoma: a cross-sectional study.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Alcohol consumption and cancer risk in South Korea and the UK: prospective cohort studies.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic disparity in the association between fine particulate matter exposure and papillary thyroid cancer.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2023Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Thyroid Nodular Disease and Thyroid Cancer: Results From a Pilot Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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- Alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and cancer incidence in an Australian cohort of 226,162 participants aged 45 years and over.British journal of cancer · 2021Article
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- Interaction between alcohol consumption and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms in thyroid cancer risk: National Cancer Center cohort in Korea.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Neck dissection does not increases the risk of stroke in thyroid cancer: A national cohort study.PloS one · 2018Article
- Nationwide cohort study on the epidemiology and survival outcomes of thyroid cancer.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Cancers Attributable to Alcohol Consumption in Nigeria: 2012-2014.Frontiers in oncology · 2017Article
- Glutathione and Transsulfuration in Alcohol-Associated Tissue Injury and Carcinogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundIt is still inconclusive whether alcohol consumption affects the risk of thyroid cancer. We conducted a meta-analysis of available epidemiological data to address this issue.
resultsCompared with nondrinkers, the pooled relative risks (RRs) and corresponding 95% confidential intervals (CIs) of thyroid cancer were 0.80 (95% CI 0.71-0.90) for any drinkers, 0.81 (95% CI 0.70-0.93) for light and 0.71 (95% CI 0.63-0.79) for moderate drinkers. The dose-response analysis suggested that there is no evidence of a dose-risk relationship between alcohol intaking and thyroid cancer risk (P = 0.112).
methodsEligible studies were identified by searching PubMed and EMbase databases. A total of 24 studies, included 9,990 cases with thyroid cancer, were included in this meta-analysis. We defined light alcohol intake as ≤ one drink/day and moderate as >one drink/day. The summary risk estimates were calculated by the random effects model. A dose-response analysis was also conducted for modeling the dose-risk relation.
conclusionThis meta-analysis confirmed an inverse association between alcohol consumption and thyroid cancer risk. Further studies are needed to better understand the potential mechanisms underlying this association.
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