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Cancer and Pregnancy pp 123–135Cite as

Pregnancy and Thyroid Cancer

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Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 178))

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Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. More frequently diagnosed in women, it is a disease often detected in young patients. Therefore, about 10% of thyroid cancers occurring during the reproductive years are diagnosed during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period.

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    Bianca Gibelli, P. Zamperini & N, Tradati

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Gibelli, B., Zamperini, P., Tradati, N. (2008). Pregnancy and Thyroid Cancer. In: Cancer and Pregnancy. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71274-9_12

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