Thyroid function and the incidence of breast cancer in Hawaiian, British and Japanese women | Zendy

Thomas B. S. | Zendy; Bulbrook R. D. | Zendy; Goodman Madeleine J. | Zendy; Russell M. J. | Zendy; Quinlan Michelle | Zendy; Hayward J. L. | Zendy; Takatani O. | Zendy

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Thyroid function and the incidence of breast cancer in Hawaiian, British and Japanese women

Author(s) -

Thomas B. S.,

Bulbrook R. D.,

Goodman Madeleine J.,

Russell M. J.,

Quinlan Michelle,

Hayward J. L.,

Takatani O.

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

international journal of cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475

H-Index - 234

eISSN - 1097-0215

pISSN - 0020-7136

DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910380305

Subject(s) - breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , thyroid function , medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroid , gynecology , demography , oncology , cancer , sociology , physics , optics

Serum‐free thyroxine (FT 4 ) concentrations are lower in Hawaiian and Hawaiian Caucasian women than in Hawaiian Japanese, Hawaiian Filipino, Hawaiian Chinese, and English and Japanese mainland women. There is a high inverse correlation between FT 4 and risk of breast cancer in these ethnic groups. Thyroid‐ stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations, which are inversely correlated with FT 4 , generally show the same relationship.

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