Open AccessTPOAb and Thyroid Function Are Not Associated with Breast Cancer Outcome: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study Using Data from the Taxotere as Adjuvant Chemotherapy Trial (TACT, CRUK01/001)
Author(s) -
Ilaria Muller,
Lucy Kilburn,
Peter Taylor,
Peter Barrett-Lee,
Judith Bliss,
Paul Ellis,
Marian Ludgate,
Colin Dayan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000460246
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , euthyroid , thyroid function , hazard ratio , oncology , thyroid cancer , proportional hazards model , thyroid , cancer , confidence interval
Small-scale studies correlated the presence of thyroid autoimmunity with both improved or worsened breast cancer outcome.