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Women's thyroid cancer risk may be linked to reproductive lifespan and hormone therapy
Longer lifetime exposure to female hormones may increase the risk of thyroid cancer in women, according to a study presented at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago.
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Longer lifetime exposure to female hormones may increase the risk of thyroid cancer in women, according to a study presented at ENDO 2026 , the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago. The research suggests reproductive and hormonal factors may be involved in thyroid carcinogenesis. Thyroid cancer occurs more frequently in women than in men, but the reasons for the increase have remained unknown. Scientists from the College of Medicine at The Catholic University of Korea in Seoul designed the research to find out why.
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