Tobacco smoking and risk of thyroid cancer according to BRAFV600E mutational subtypes.
Sabbir Tahmidur RahmanNirmala PandeyaRachel E NealeDonald S A McLeodPeter David BaadePhilippa H YoulRoger AllisonSusan LeonardSusan J JordanPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2021)
We found smoking was inversely related to thyroid cancer risk and, in particular, current smoking was associated with a reduced risk of potentially more aggressive BRAF-positive than the likely more indolent BRAF-negative papillary thyroid cancers.