Incidence of hypothyroidism after treatment for breast cancer-a Danish matched cohort study.
Anne Mette Falstie-JensenBuket Ö EsenAnders KjærsgaardEbbe L LorenzenJeanette D JensenKristin V ReinertsenOlaf M DekkersMarianne EwertzDeirdre P Cronin-FentonPublished in: Breast cancer research : BCR (2020)
BCS have an excess risk of hypothyroidism compared with age-matched controls. BCS and those working in cancer survivorship settings ought to be aware that this risk is highest in women treated with radiation therapy to the lymph nodes and chemotherapy.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- radiation therapy
- childhood cancer
- breast cancer risk
- locally advanced
- papillary thyroid
- replacement therapy
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- risk factors
- squamous cell
- young adults
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- pregnancy outcomes
- sentinel lymph node
- radiation induced
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- cervical cancer screening
- smoking cessation
- early stage
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- newly diagnosed
- skeletal muscle