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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Papillary Cancer Thyroid Coexistence Exerts a Protective Effect: a Single Centre Experience

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignant tumour of the thyroid and it is often found in association with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT). This concomitance is still under debate. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Two thousand two hundred eighteen patients underwent thyroidectomy in our department between January 2015 and January 2020. Of these, 435 patients had surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma and form the basis of our studies. The association between PTC and HT was found in 180 patients (41.4%), mostly represented in the female group (78.9%), with a lower median age than patients with PTC without HT. In comparison to patients with PTC alone, the PTC-HT group had less invasive and smaller tumours, as well as less lymph node involvement. Moreover, tumours of patients with PTC-HT were diagnosed earlier. Our data showed that Hashimoto’s thyroiditis may be considered a protective factor when PTC develops. Furthermore, we concluded that patients with PTC and HT had a better prognosis and a lower risk of recurrence than those that did not have HT.

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    Enrico Battistella, Luca Pomba, Andrea Costantini & Antonio Toniato

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Battistella, E., Pomba, L., Costantini, A. et al. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Papillary Cancer Thyroid Coexistence Exerts a Protective Effect: a Single Centre Experience. Indian J Surg Oncol 13, 164–168 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-022-01515-9

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