Relationship between thyroid diseases and breast cancer / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

There is a close relationship between changes in endocrine function and related diseases.Thyroid and breast both belong to hormone dependent organs.There are some common pathogenic risk factors between thyroid diseases and breast cancer.Most of the patients with breast cancer are complicated by thyroid morphologic changes,pathogenic changes and functional changes.Although the researches on the relationship between the thyroid diseases and breast cancer have made some progresses,the results are less consistent and the specific mechanism is remain unclear.