Positive link to papillary, follicular, anaplastic thyroid cancer; inverse link for medullary thyroid cancer WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is associated with increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a review published online Sept. 14 inObesity Reviews. Daniela Schmid, Ph.D., from the University of Regensburg in Germany, and colleagues performed a meta-analysis […]
Published: Nov 5, 2014 By Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today The regular use of statins, particularly among women, was associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer, Taiwanese researchers reported. Compared with controls, patients who routinely used statins had an adjusted odds ratio for having thyroid cancer of 1.40 (95% CI 1.05-1.86, P<0.05), according […]
-Increasing body size had significant associations with 10 common types of cancer, a study involving more than 5 million people showed. by Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today August 14, 2014 Increasing body size had significant associations with 10 common types of cancer, a study involving more than 5 million people showed. Overall, body mass […]