Radiation exposure associated with more aggressive thyroid cancer, worse outcomes

Patients with thyroid cancer who have previously been exposed to radiation - for example, in the workplace, through environmental exposure or for treatment of acne or another condition - appear to have more aggressive disease and tend to have worse outcomes in the long term, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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