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ArticleGland surgery2023

Relationships between serum levels of vitamins and papillary thyroid cancer: a single center case-control study.

Daqi Zhang, Hui Sun, Hoon Yub Kim, Antonella Pino, Francesco Frattini, Che Wei Wu, Carmelo Mazzeo, Alessandro Sindoni, Salvatore Benvenga, Gianlorenzo Dionigi and 1 more

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Article in Gland surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Daqi ZhangDivision of Thyroid Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Jilin Provincial Precision Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Translational Medicine on Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, Changchun, China.
Hui SunDivision of Thyroid Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Jilin Provincial Precision Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Translational Medicine on Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, Changchun, China.
Hoon Yub KimDepartment of Surgery, KUMC Thyroid Center, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Antonella PinoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Francesco FrattiniDivision of Surgery, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico), Milan, Italy.
Che Wei WuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung.
Carmelo MazzeoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Alessandro SindoniHospital Health Direction, New Hospital of Prato S. Stefano, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy.
Salvatore BenvengaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Gianlorenzo DionigiDivision of Surgery, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico), Milan, Italy.
Fausto FamaDepartment of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · ITUnion Hospital · CNHospital of Prato · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · TWKorea University Medical Center · KR

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Abstract

Background: Vitamins are involved in various human physiological and biochemical mechanisms due to their antioxidant properties and their ability to enhance the immune response. Deficiency of some serum vitamins has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of developing cancer, including thyroid cancer. However, medical literature dealing with cholecalciferol supplementation was not able to show the potential of this intervention in cancer prevention. The aim of this paper is to highlight the association between lower serum vitamins levels and papillary thyroid cancer occurrence. Methods: This case-control study was conducted between September 2018 and October 2019. Cases were defined as patients with histologically diagnosed papillary thyroid cancer who underwent thyroidectomy were retrospectively recruited and serum levels of various vitamins were assessed by examining their relationships with clinical, pathological and molecular data (n=51). Controls matched on sex and thyroid surgery were randomly selected from the same population (n=49). Results: In this study, serum concentrations of vitamins A and E in neoplastic patients were significantly lower than in controls (1.40 Conclusions: In conclusion, albeit with the analysis of a limited sample, this study highlighted the phenomenon that deficiencies in vitamins A and E can be associated with a higher frequency of occurrence of papillary thyroid cancer.

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cancerpapillary thyroid cancer (PTC)thyroid cancer (TC)Vitamins

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