Thyroid Cancer

Prognosis of thyroid cancer is not impacted by pregnancy

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 29th, 2005

A recent study showed that the prognosis of thyroid cancer is not impacted by pregnancy.

Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to compare stage at diagnosis, treatment and survival among pregnant women with thyroid cancer to non-pregnant women with thyroid cancer, and to assess the impact of treatment on maternal and perinatal outcomes. A database containing maternal and newborn discharge records linked to the California Cancer Registry was queried to obtain information on all thyroid cancers from 1991-1999. Women with thyroid cancer occurring during pregnancy were compared to age-matched non-pregnant women with thyroid cancer."

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-11-29)

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