Causes of Thyroid cancer : Reducing Your Risk

Thyroid cancer is a cancer originating from follicular or parafollicular thyroid cells. These cells give rise to both well-differentiated cancers – papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) – and anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), whose anaplastic cells are poorly differentiated. The second cell type, the C or parafollicular cell, produces the hormone calcitonin and is the cell of origin for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)

Endocrine

5 causes

Protective Factors	Studies
Protective Factor Whole grains Nutrition	1 study Whole‐grain intake and cancer: An expanded review and meta‐analysis Study in 2009 -50% with High evidence in 10 years
Minor Protective Factor Vegetables Nutrition	1 study A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer. VII. C... Study in 2002 -18% with Moderate evidence in 9 years 5,957 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Cruciferous vegetables Nutrition	1 study A pooled analysis of case–control studies of thyroid cancer. VII. C... Study in 2002 -13% with Moderate evidence in 9 years 5,957 subjects
Minor Protective Factor Nuts & Peanuts Nutrition	1 study Higher nut intake is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular... Study in 2016 -1% with High evidence in 10 years 819,448 subjects

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Risk Factors	Studies
Risk Factor Refined grains Nutrition	1 study Refined and whole grain cereals and the risk of oral, oesophageal a... Study in 2000 +200% with Moderate evidence in 10 years 156 subjects
Protective Factor Height Musculoskeletal system	2 studies Association between height and thyroid cancer risk: a meta-analysis... Study in 2015 +45% with High evidence 6,695,593 subjects Adult Stature and Risk of Cancer at Different Anatomic Sites in a C... Study in 2013 +29% with High evidence 144,701 subjects
Minor Risk Factor Obesity Musculoskeletal system	1 study Body Fatness and Cancer — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group +10% with High evidence

Outcomes	References
Minor Risk Factor Mortality Musculoskeletal system	1 study Cancer statistics, 2015 Study in 2015 +1% with High evidence in 4 years 2,247,800 subjects

Thyroid cancer

There are 4 factors preventing Thyroid cancer, including:

Protective Factor Whole grains
Nutrition

1 study

Minor Protective Factor Vegetables
Nutrition

1 study

Minor Protective Factor Cruciferous vegetables
Nutrition

1 study

Minor Protective Factor Nuts & Peanuts
Nutrition

1 study

There are 3 factors increasing Thyroid cancer, including:

Risk Factor Refined grains
Nutrition

1 study

Protective Factor Height
Musculoskeletal system

2 studies

Minor Risk Factor Obesity
Musculoskeletal system

1 study

Possible outcomes of Thyroid cancer

Minor Risk Factor Mortality
Musculoskeletal system

1 study

Risk Factors

Outcomes

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There are 4 factors preventing Thyroid cancer, including:

Protective Factor Whole grainsNutrition

Minor Protective Factor VegetablesNutrition

Minor Protective Factor Cruciferous vegetablesNutrition

Minor Protective Factor Nuts & PeanutsNutrition

There are 3 factors increasing Thyroid cancer, including:

Risk Factor Refined grainsNutrition

Protective Factor HeightMusculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor ObesityMusculoskeletal system

Possible outcomes of Thyroid cancer

Minor Risk Factor MortalityMusculoskeletal system

Protective Factor Whole grains
Nutrition

Minor Protective Factor Vegetables
Nutrition

Minor Protective Factor Cruciferous vegetables
Nutrition

Minor Protective Factor Nuts & Peanuts
Nutrition

Risk Factor Refined grains
Nutrition

Protective Factor Height
Musculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor Obesity
Musculoskeletal system

Minor Risk Factor Mortality
Musculoskeletal system