Purpose: The risk for breast cancer in
patients with thyroid cancer has been investigated in previous studies, and has
been found to be increased. In this study, we present a retrospective analysis
of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma in respect to breast cancer
and family history of breast cancer.
Methods:
We conducted a
retrospective study involving 455 patients who were diagnosed as having
differentiated thyroid carcinoma between January 2009 and March 2016.
Results: The majority of the patents were
female (403, 88.6 %). The mean age at diagnosis was 45.5 ± 12.8 years (range,
10-81 years). We detected that 0.7 % patients with thyroid cancer had breast
cancer and 13.4 % patients had a family history of breast cancer within 3
generations of the proband. There were no significant differences between
family history of breast cancer and sex, age at diagnosis, pathologic types,
and radioiodine therapy.
Conclusion: In the literature, there are many
clinical, epidemiologic, and experimental studies that show an association
between thyroid cancer and breast cancer. Our study
is the first report to show history of breast cancer and family history of
breast cancer as 0.7 % and 13.4 % in this particular group of Turkish patients
with differentiated thyroid cancer.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Original research article |
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Publication Date | March 14, 2019 |
Submission Date | January 10, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 52 Issue: 1 |