Open AccessPapillary thyroid cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: Is there a relationship?
Author(s) -
Irene Sonu,
Wojciech Błoński,
Ming V. Lin,
James H. Lewis,
Faten Aberra,
Gary R. Lichtenstein
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i7.1079
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , diverticulitis , thyroid cancer , papillary thyroid cancer , population , retrospective cohort study , institutional review board , cohort , colorectal cancer , thyroid disease , ulcerative colitis , gastroenterology , cancer , disease , thyroid , surgery , environmental health
To formally study age of diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and evaluate the prevalence of PTC in IBD patients compared to a control population.