Pre-existing Thyroid Autoimmunity and Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study of US Active-Duty Personnel.
Donald S A McLeodSheryl A BednoDavid S CooperSusan M HutflessSilvia IppolitoSusan J JordanPeter G MatosRachel E NealeElena SabiniDavid C WhitemanPaul W LadensonPatrizio CaturegliPublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2022)
Longstanding prior thyroid autoimmunity up to 10 years before thyroid cancer diagnosis was associated with papillary thyroid cancer risk. The results could not be fully explained by diagnosis of thyroid autoimmunity although when autoimmunity had been identified, thyroid cancers were diagnosed at a very early stage.