Background: Sex dimorphism strongly impacts tumor biology, with most cancers having a
male predominance. Uniquely, thyroid cancer (TC) is the only nonreproductive cancer with …

Cancer gender disparity in incidence, disease aggressiveness and prognosis has been
observed in a variety of cancers. Thyroid cancer is one of the fastest growing cancer …

Cancer is one of the major non-communicable diseases posing a threat to world health.
Unfortunately, improvements in socioeconomic conditions are usually associated with …

Although overall incidence is rare, leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer. It
accounts for 30% of all cancers diagnosed in children younger than 15 years. Within this …

Ambient air quality is a complex issue that depends on multiple interacting factors related to
emissions coming from energy production and use, transportation, industrial processes …

Soil and water contaminated with radionuclides threaten the environment and public health
during leaks from nuclear power plants. Remediation of radionuclides at the contaminated …

Thyroid disease is common, affecting around 2% of women and 0.2% of men in the UK. Our
understanding of the effects of thyroid hormones under physiological circumstances, as well …

Objectives The present review summarizes epidemiological evidence on risk factors for
thyroid cancer (TC), in particular, nutritional factors. Methods Searches of articles on the …

Childhood cancer is rare everywhere in the world, with age-standardized annual incidence
usually between 70 and 160 per million at age 0–14 years. Greater variation is seen …

Population health encompasses traditional public health and preventive medicine but
emphasizes the full range of health determinants affecting the entire population rather than …