Obesity Is Associated with BRAFV600E-Mutated Thyroid Cancer

ST Rahman, N Pandeya, RE Neale, DSA McLeod… - Thyroid, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Thyroid cancer incidence has increased in many parts of the world since the
1980s, as has the prevalence of obesity. Evidence suggests that people with greater body …

Association between obesity and BRAFV600E mutation status in patients with papillary thyroid cancer

J Lee, CR Lee, CR Ku, SW Kang, JJ Jeong… - Annals of surgical …, 2015 - Springer
Background The prevalence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is thought to be related to
obesity, which affects the prognosis for PTC patients. However, the mechanisms implicated …

Relationship of body mass index with BRAF V600E mutation in papillary thyroid cancer

R Shi, N Qu, T Liao, W Wei, Z Lu, B Ma, YL Wang, Q Ji - Tumor Biology, 2016 - Springer
Current evidences suggest an influence of overweight body mass index (BMI) on the
carcinogenesis in malignancies. However, the role of BMI is unclear in papillary thyroid …

Associations between body mass and papillary thyroid cancer stage and tumor size: a population-based study

P Dieringer, EM Klass, B Caine… - Journal of cancer research …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The incidence of large thyroid tumors has increased over the past decades,
suggesting that improved diagnosis is not the only driver of increased thyroid cancer …

Obesity and thyroid cancer risk among US men and women: a pooled analysis of five prospective studies

CM Kitahara, EA Platz, LEB Freeman, AW Hsing… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: Thyroid cancer incidence has risen dramatically in the United States since the
early 1980s. Although the prevalence of obesity has doubled during this time period, the …

Metabolic obesity phenotypes and thyroid cancer risk: a cohort study

H Kwon, Y Chang, A Cho, J Ahn, SE Park, CY Park… - Thyroid, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: No cohort studies have evaluated the effect of obesity on the incidence of
thyroid cancer according to metabolic health status. Therefore, this study examined the …

Obesity, obesity-related metabolic conditions, and risk of thyroid cancer in women: results from a prospective cohort study (Sister Study)

E Pasqual, K O'Brien, S Rinaldi, DP Sandler… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Thyroid cancer incidence has increased worldwide. Obesity trends may play a
role, but the underlying biological pathways are not well-characterized. Therefore, we …

Obesity and the prevention of thyroid cancer: impact of body mass index and weight change on developing thyroid cancer–pooled results of 24 million cohorts

MR Youssef, ASC Reisner, AS Attia, MH Hussein… - Oral Oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Body weight may be a modifiable risk factor predisposing to different cancers.
To establish a potential impact of weight change on thyroid cancer risk, we conducted a …

Adolescent overweight and obesity and the risk of papillary thyroid cancer in adulthood: a large-scale case-control study

KN Kim, Y Hwang, KH Kim, KE Lee, YJ Park, S Kim… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study aimed to investigate the association between adolescent overweight and obesity
and PTC risk in adulthood. We conducted a case-control study in the Republic of Korea with …

Obesity and thyroid cancer risk

LC Burrage, DSA McLeod… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer, although further research is
required to understand the biological mechanisms underpinning this relationship. Reducing …