Association of thyroid diseases with primary extra-thyroidal malignancies in women: results of a cross-sectional study of 6,386 patients.

We here analyzed the prevalence of extra-thyroidal malignancies (EM) in 6,386 female patients affected by different thyroid disease (TD). At first, an age-matched analysis of EM in all patients was performed. We then evaluated EM prevalence in four TD diagnostic categories: non-nodular TD (n = 2,159...

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Main Authors: Natalie Prinzi, Salvatore Sorrenti, Enke Baldini, Corrado De Vito, Chiara Tuccilli, Antonio Catania, Carmela Coccaro, Marta Bianchini, Angela Nesca, Giorgio Grani, Renzo Mocini, Enrico De Antoni, Massimino D'Armiento, Salvatore Ulisse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122958