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High Incidence of Synchronous or Metachronous Breast Cancer in Patients with Malignant and Benign Thyroid Tumor or Tumor-like Disorders

YOSHINORI NIO, CHIKAGE IGUCHI, MASAYUKI ITAKURA, TOMOKO TOGA, KOJI HASHIMOTO, MAKOTO KOIKE, HIROSHI OMORI, YOSHITOSHI SATO and SHIN-ICHIRO ENDO
Anticancer Research May 2009, 29 (5) 1607-1610;

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    Incidence time of breast cancer before and after thyroid surgery. Among 33 breast cancers, 17 were coincident with thyroid diseases, 15 proceded to thyroid surgery, and only one was after thyroid surgery. The mean period between the breast cancer surgery and the thyroid surgery was 3.2 years for overall: 3.9 years for thyroid cancer; 3.7 years for adenoma; and 2.3 years for adenomatous goiter.

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High Incidence of Synchronous or Metachronous Breast Cancer in Patients with Malignant and Benign Thyroid Tumor or Tumor-like Disorders
YOSHINORI NIO, CHIKAGE IGUCHI, MASAYUKI ITAKURA, TOMOKO TOGA, KOJI HASHIMOTO, MAKOTO KOIKE, HIROSHI OMORI, YOSHITOSHI SATO, SHIN-ICHIRO ENDO
Anticancer Research May 2009, 29 (5) 1607-1610;
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