Thyroid cancer in toxic and non-toxic multinodular goiter

Cerci C., Cerci S. S. , Eroglu E., Dede M., Kapucuoglu N., Yildiz M., ...More

JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE, vol.53, no.3, pp.157-160, 2007 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.4103/0022-3859.33855
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.157-160

Abstract

Background: Many authors have claimed that hyperthyroidism protects against thyroid cancer and believed that the incidence of malignancy is lower in patients with toxic multinodular goiter (TMG) than in those with non-toxic multinodular goiter. But in recent studies, it was reported that the incidence of malignancy with TMG is not as low as previously thought.