Thyroid Cancer

New thyroid cancer study findings have been published by D. Barbaro and colleagues

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009

"The problem of morbidity in deployed military personnel represents a much-debated topic. Because there have been two cases of thyroid cancer in the Tuscania regiment, the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of all types of thyroid disease in a cohort of carabineers," researchers in Livorno, Italy report.

"A total of 673 carabineers, including 501 deployed carbineers (DCs) (29-48 years of age) and 172 nondeployed carabineers (NDCs) (29-51 years of age), of the Tuscania regiment were involved in the study. Thyroid volume, percentages of single nodules and multinodular goiter, percentage of autoimmune thyroid disease, and percentages and...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)

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