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There are no established risk factors for thymic carcinoma. | There are no established risk factors for thymic carcinoma.<ref name="Engels-2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Engels |first1 = EA. | title = Epidemiology of thymoma and associated malignancies. | journal = J Thorac Oncol | volume = 5 | issue = 10 Suppl 4 | pages = S260-5 | month = Oct | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f1f62d | PMID = 20859116 }}</ref> | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
*Most available evidence regarding risk factors for [[thymic carcinoma]] derives from descriptive epidemiologic studies of [[thymoma]] and associated malignancies. | *Most available evidence regarding risk factors for [[thymic carcinoma]] derives from descriptive epidemiologic studies of [[thymoma]] and associated malignancies. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [3]
Overview
There are no established risk factors for thymic carcinoma.[1]
Risk Factors
- Most available evidence regarding risk factors for thymic carcinoma derives from descriptive epidemiologic studies of thymoma and associated malignancies.
- Unfortunately, no available data concerning the role of occupation, environmental exposures, or diet and nutrition.[1]