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Breast cancer is a hormone dependent neoplasm. Conflicting results regarding the clinical correlation between breast cancer and thyroid diseases have been reported. The objective of this study was to determine the association of anti — TPO levels in patients having complaints of a lump in breast. Serum samples and Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) samples were collected from 31 female patients with a lump in breast between the age group of 20–75 years. 31 age matched normal healthy controls were also examined for the same parameters. Serum samples were analyzed for its anti — TPO levels. FNAC reports confirmed patients as having duct cell carcinoma. They had raised serum anti — TPO levels compared to controls. FNAC results of others (n=26) were reported as fibroadenoma whose anti — TPO levels were less than the controls.
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Sabitha, Suneetha, Mohanty, S. et al. Serum anti — TPO levels in benign and malignant breast tumors. Indian J Clin Biochem 24, 266–268 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-009-0050-x
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