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Hysterectomy and Risk of Breast, Colorectal, Thyroid, and Kidney Cancer - an Australian Data Linkage Study.

Louise Forsyth WilsonKaren M TuesleyPenelope M WebbSuzanne C Dixon-SuenLouise M StewartSusan J Jordan
Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2021)
As breast, colorectal, and gynecologic cancers comprise a sizeable proportion of all cancers in women, our results suggest that hysterectomy is unlikely to increase overall cancer risk; however, further research to understand the higher risk of thyroid and kidney cancer is warranted.
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