Diagnostic radiography exposure increases the risk for thyroid microcarcinoma: A population-based case-control study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 439-446

  Zhang, Yawei ^a   Chen, Yingtai ^e   Huang, Huang ^a   Sandler, Jason ^b   Dai, Min ^e   Ma, Shuangge ^c   Udelsman, Robert ^d  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

case control study; computed tomography scans; diagnostic radiography; nuclear medicine tests; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HISTORY OF RADIOTHERAPY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RENOGRAPHY; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MICROCARCINOMA; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938771996     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000169     Document Type: Article

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