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The association of obesity with thyroid carcinoma risk
Xiao-Ni Ma1,2, Cheng-Xu Ma2,3, Li-Jie Hou3
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Background:
The prevalence of obesity and an increased incidence of thyroid carcinoma (TC) threaten public health in parallel on a global scale. Sufficient evidence supports excess body fatness in thyroid carcinogenesis, and the role and anthropometric markers of obesity have been causally associated with the rising risk of TC.
Methods:
A literature search was conducted in PubMed. Studies focused on the effect of obesity in TC.
Results:
This review mainly discusses the global incidence and prevalence of obesity-related TC. We also review the role of obesity in TC and potential clinical strategies for obesity-related TC.
Conclusions:
Excess body fatness in early life and TC survival initiate adverse effects later in life.
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