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Anthropometric Factors and Thyroid Cancer Risk by Histological Subtype: Pooled Analysis of 22 Prospective Studies

2016; Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1089/thy.2015.0319

1557-9077

Cari M. Kitahara, Marjorie L. McCullough, Silvia Franceschi, Sabina Rinaldi, Alicja Wolk, Gila Neta, Hans Olov Adami, Kristin E. Anderson, Gabriella Andreotti, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Leslie Bernstein, Julie E. Buring, Françoise Clavel‐Chapelon, Lisa A. De Roo, Yu-Tang Gao, J. Michael Gaziano, Graham G. Giles, Niclas Håkansson, Pamela L. Horn‐Ross, Vicki A. Kirsh, Martha S. Linet, Robert J. MacInnis, Nicola Orsini, Yikyung Park, Alpa V. Patel, Mark P. Purdue, Elio Ríboli, Kim Robien, Thomas E. Rohan, Dale P. Sandler, Catherine Schairer, Arthur B. Schneider, Howard D. Sesso, Xiao‐Ou Shu, Pramil N. Singh, Piet A. van den Brandt, Elizabeth Ward, Elisabete Weiderpass, Emily White, Yong-Bing Xiang, Anne Zeleniuch‐Jacquotte, Wei Zheng, Patricia Hartge, Amy Berrington de González,

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Greater height and body mass index (BMI) have been associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer, particularly papillary carcinoma, the most common and least aggressive subtype. Few studies have evaluated these associations in relation to other, more aggressive histologic types or thyroid cancer-specific mortality.