Follicular thyroid cancer risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
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Overview
Common risk factors in the development of follicular thyroid cancer are iodine deficiency, family history of thyroid cancer, and radiation exposure.
Risk Factors
- Clinical data have suggested that the development of thyroid cancer is can be related to the following factors:
- A diet low in iodine
- Family history of thyroid cancer
- Radiation exposure
- Radiation fallout from power plant accidents or nuclear weapons and radiation from medical treatments such as radiation therapy for lymphoma, head and neck cancers, lung cancers, and breast cancers are associated with increased exposure of radiation to thyroid.
- Age
- Follicular thyroid cancer is usually found in people between the ages of 20 and 60 years.[1]
References
- ↑ Thyroid Cancer Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/thyroid/hp/thyroid-treatment-pdq#section/_6- Accessed on October, 29 2015