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Antioxidant defence-related genetic variants are not associated with higher risk of secondary thyroid cancer after treatment of malignancy in childhood or adolescence

BACKGROUND: Thyroid cancer is one of the most common secondary cancers after treatment of malignancy in childhood or adolescence. Thyroid gland is very sensitive to the carcinogenic effect of ionizing radiation, especially in children. Imbalance between pro- and anti-oxidant factors may play a role...

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Autores principales: Vodusek, Ana Lina, Goricar, Katja, Gazic, Barbara, Dolzan, Vita, Jazbec, Janez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/raon-2015-0026