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ReviewMateria socio-medica2021

Risk Factors of Synchronous Breast and Thyroid Cancer: a Controlled Multicenter Study and Review of the Literature.

Stefanos Zervoudis, Georgios Iatrakis, Anisa Markja, Georgios Tsatsaris, Anastasia Bothou, Georg Fg von Tempelhoff, Mirsini Balafouta, Pana Tsikouras

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Review in Materia socio-medica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefanos ZervoudisBreast Unit, REA Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Georgios IatrakisDepartment of Midwifery, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Anisa MarkjaDepartment of Midwifery, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Georgios TsatsarisDemocritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Anastasia BothouDepartment of Midwifery, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Georg Fg von TempelhoffDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Vinzenz-Krankenhaus Hanau, Main, Germany.
Mirsini BalafoutaDepartment of Midwifery, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Pana TsikourasDemocritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
University of West Attica · GRDemocritus University of Thrace · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBreast cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in women in the United States. Thyroid cancer (TC) is also one of the fastest increasing cancer types in the United States, with most cases being papillary thyroid carcinomas.

objectiveTo identify possible risk factors for the synchronous or metachronous co-occurrence of breast and thyroid cancers.

methodsWe carried out a study, which consisted of data from four gynecological clinics: two in Greece (Athens, Alexandroupolis, Ioannina) and one in Germany, collected from June 2017 to June 2020. The patients were divided into two groups: the first group consisted of 58 patients with breast cancer and a personal history of thyroid cancer. The second group (control group) included 50 patients with the same characteristics as to age, parity, type of pregnancy, treatment for sterility, polycystic ovaries, regularity of the menstrual cycle, breast density, BMI, family history of cancer, blood group rhesus and histological results of breast cancer. The data we collected were analyzed using version 20 of the SPSS statistical package. The Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis and a p-value<0.005 was considered statistically significant.

resultsThe only factors that seem to be related with the association of breast and thyroid cancer were: history of abortion and multiparity.

conclusionIn our study there is a higher chance of developing breast cancer after diagnosing thyroid cancer and vice versa. More than genetic mutations, a possible hormonal pathway of these two malignancies is possible. The hormonal change in women who had many children or abortions could be a risk factor to develop both cancers. More studies are necessary to confirm our findings.

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multiple cancerthyroid and breast cancerthyroid cancer

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PMID35210954
PMCPMC8812374
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