Low urinary iodine is a protective factor of central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An abrupt increase of thyroid cancer has been witnessed paralleling the supplemented iodine intake in formerly iodine-deficient countries. And increased iodine intake has been linked to the rising incidence rate of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). However, the correlation between iodine and clinicopathological features of PTC has not been well-characterized. This study aimed to investigate the associations between iodine intake and the clinicopathological features of PTC patients.

Methods

Three hundred and fifty-nine PTC patients who received surgical treatment in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from May 2015 to November 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. The associations between urinary iodine (UI), urinary iodine/creatinine ratio (UI/U-Cr), and the clinico

SUBMITTER: Zeng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276512 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature