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ArticlePloS one2022

Incidence of hypothyroidism after treatment for breast cancer: A Korean population-based study.

Jongmoo Park, Choongrak Kim, Yongkan Ki, Wontaek Kim, Jiho Nam, Donghyun Kim, Dahl Park, Hosang Jeon, Dong Woon Kim, Ji Hyeon Joo

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jongmoo ParkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7004-8128
Choongrak KimDepartment of Statistics, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
Yongkan KiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Wontaek KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Jiho NamDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Donghyun KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
Dahl ParkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Hosang JeonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Dong Woon KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Ji Hyeon JooDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9275-3197
Pusan National University Hospital · KRPusan National University Yangsan Hospital · KRKyungpook National University · KRPusan National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This Korean population-based study aimed to describe the patterns of hypothyroidism after adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) in patients with breast cancer. The Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service database was searched for patients with invasive breast carcinomas. We calculated the cumulative incidence and incidence rates per 1,000 person-years of subsequent hypothyroidism and compared them using the log-rank test and the Cox proportional hazards model. Between 2007 and 2018, 117,135 women diagnosed with breast cancer with a median follow-up time of 4.6 years were identified. The 8-year incidence of hypothyroidism was 9.3% in patients treated with radiation and 8.6% in those treated without radiation (p = 0.002). The incidence rates per 1,000 person-years in the corresponding treatment groups were 6.2 and 5.7 cases, respectively. The hazard ratio (HR) in patients receiving RT was 1.081 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.013-1.134; p = 0.002). After mastectomy, RT showed a trend toward a higher risk of hypothyroidism (HR = 1.248; 95% CI, 0.977-1.595; p = 0.076). Our study provides one of the largest population-based data analyses regarding the risk of hypothyroidism among Korean patients with breast cancer. The adjusted risk for patients treated with RT exceeded that for patients with breast cancer treated without RT. The effect was evident immediately after treatment and lasted up to approximately 9 years.

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Breast NeoplasmsHypothyroidismFemaleHumansIncidenceMastectomyProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRepublic of Korea

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PMID35709221
PMCPMC9202953
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