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Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer in an Asian Population: A Nationwide Cohort Study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 2020
Lin Huan-Tang, Liu Fu-Chao, Lin Shu-Fu, Kuo Chang-Fu, Chen Yu-Ying, Yu Huang-Ping
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this work is to assess the extent of familial aggregation of nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) and the relative risks (RRs) of chronic thyroid diseases and common malignancies in first-degree relatives of NMTC patients. METHODS: In the National Health Insurance Research database of Taiwan, all eligible individuals in 2016 were analyzed (n = 23 696 659) and the family structures of 38 686...
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