ReviewThyroid research2023
Human exposure to pesticides and thyroid cancer: a worldwide systematic review of the literatures.
Review in Thyroid research, 2023. 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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- Environmental Exposure Context and Advanced Stage at Diagnosis in Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based SEER Analysis.Cancers · 2026Article
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- The Thyroid Under Pressure: Heavy Metals, Endocrine Disruptors and Translational Insights into Carcinogenesis and Thyroid Dysfunctions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Global dataset of pesticide pollution and environmental quality standards for risk assessment (2010-2020).Scientific data · 2026Article
- Ingested nitrate and nitrite, drinking water disinfection by-products, and incidence of thyroid cancer among licensed pesticide applicators and spouses in the Agricultural Health Study.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2026Article
- Scientific and Regulatory Perspectives on Chemical Risk Assessment of Pesticides in the European Union.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Environmental mineral density and thyroid malignancy: A multicenter cross-sectional study.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025Article
- Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague-Dawley rats.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- Leveraging machine learning in precision medicine to unveil organochlorine pesticides as predictive biomarkers for thyroid dysfunction.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Study of the Relationship Between the Structures and Biological Activity of Herbicides Derived from Phenoxyacetic Acid.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Environmental Exposure to Bisphenol A Enhances Invasiveness in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Thyroid cancer is considered as one of the most prevalent cancers in the world. Some pesticides can play a role as a potentially important risk factor in thyroid cancer by affecting thyroid morphology and thyroid hormone homeostasis. The aim of present study was to systematically review the available epidemiological evidence for human exposure to pesticides and thyroid cancer. Articles were searched in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science by suitable keywords from January 2000 to May 2021. Standard techniques for systematic reviews were followed in the current study and results reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, finally seven studies including four cohort studies and three case-control studies were reviewed. Organochlorines (OCPs) in more cases, Organophosphates (OPs) and Carbamates insecticides, herbicides and fungicides were the studied pesticides. Inconsistent results were reported in the surveyed articles on the OCPs. Two articles on the Carbamates (Carbaryl and Mancozeb) showed consistently an inverse association between exposure and thyroid cancer. Increased risk of thyroid cancer due to the exposure to the Malathion was reported in one article on the OPs. Due to the limited current knowledge about the effect of pesticides on thyroid cancer in humans, human health policies must be implemented to control individual's exposure to chemicals through using of botanical pesticides in agricultural. Also, more studies must be done to fill this gap of knowledge.
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