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ArticleAnnals of surgical oncology2021

Impact of Dyslipidemia on the Risk of Second Cancer in Thyroid Cancer Patients: A Korean National Cohort Study.

Joon Ho, Eunhwa Kim, Minkyung Han, Inkyung Jung, Jandee Lee, Young Suk Jo

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Article in Annals of surgical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of statin use in head and neck cancer: a nested case-control study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  10. Obesity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: An Update.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joon Ho *Department of Surgery, Open NBI Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Eunhwa Kim *Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Minkyung HanBiostatistics Collaboration Unit, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Inkyung JungDivision of Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. ijung@yuhs.ac.
Jandee LeeDepartment of Surgery, Open NBI Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. jandee@yuhs.ac.
Young Suk JoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Open NBI Convergence Technology Research Laboratory, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. joys@yuhs.ac.
Yonsei University · KR

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute HI14C1324National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2018R1A2B6004179National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2020R1A2C1006047Yonsei University College of Medicine Dongwha Faculty Research Assistance / 6-2019-0-123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStudies have shown that radioactive iodine therapy (RAIT) affects the development of second cancer in thyroid cancer patients. The impact of other factors, such as dyslipidemia are not clear.

methodsA retrospective analysis of thyroid cancer patients with a 1,251,913 person-year follow-up was conducted using data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment database in South Korea from January 2008 to December 2018. We investigated factors related to second cancer development using a nested case-control analysis to avoid length bias.

resultsThe overall risk of developing second cancer was higher in thyroid cancer patients than in the general population [standardized incidence ratio, 3.34; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.30-3.39]. Second cancer incidence was higher in patients who received RAIT than in those who did not [odds ratio (OR) 1.130; 95% CI 1.094-1.169]. Moreover, the risk of second cancer was higher in patients with dyslipidemia than in those without dyslipidemia (OR 1.265; 95% CI 1.223-1.309). After adjustment for RAIT, the incidence of a second cancer was higher in patients with dyslipidemia than in those without dyslipidemia (OR 1.262; 95% CI 1.221-1.306).

conclusionsThe risk of second cancer development in patients with thyroid cancer appears to be high. Dyslipidemia may be associated with an increased risk of several types of second cancers.

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DyslipidemiasNeoplasms, Second PrimaryThyroid NeoplasmsCohort StudiesHumansIncidenceIodine RadioisotopesRepublic of KoreaRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsIodine Radioisotopes

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PMID33483844
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