Association of hormonal and reproductive factors with differentiated thyroid cancer risk in women: a pooled prospective cohort analysis.
Thomas J O'GradySabina RinaldiKara A MichelsHans-Olov AdamiJulie E BuringYu ChenTess V ClendenenAimee D'AloisioJessica Clague DeHartSilvia FranceschiNeal D FreedmanGretchen L GierachGraham G GilesJames V LaceyI-Min LeeLinda M LiaoMartha S LinetMarjorie L McCulloughAlpa V PatelAnna E PrizmentKim RobienDale R SandlerRachael Stolzenberg-SolomonElisabete WeiderpassEmily WhiteAlicja WolkQuan LongAmy Berrington de GonzalezCari M KitaharaPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2024)
Our study provides some evidence linking reproductive and hormonal factors with risk of DTC. Results should be interpreted cautiously considering the modest strength of the associations and potential for exposure misclassification and detection bias. Prospective studies of pre-diagnostic circulating sex steroid hormone measurements and DTC risk may provide additional insight.