Cancer causes & control : CCC
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Cancer Causes Control · Feb 2009
ReviewRisk factors for thyroid cancer: an epidemiological review focused on nutritional factors.
The present review summarizes epidemiological evidence on risk factors for thyroid cancer (TC), in particular, nutritional factors. ⋯ At present, the only recognized measures for reducing TC risk is to avoid ionizing radiation and iodine deficiency, particularly in childhood and young women, and to increase vegetable consumption.
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Cancer Causes Control · Feb 2009
A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian indigenous women.
To describe the epidemiological features of a possible disease cluster of vulvar cancer and pre-cancers in Australian Indigenous women living in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. ⋯ These data provide evidence of a geographic cluster of vulvar cancer in remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia.