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. 2020 Jul 10;11:381. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00381

Table 2B.

Breast cancer risk in DTC survivors and/or DTC survivors given RAI: cohort and case-control studies from Asia.

References, country Study design, setting Study period, length of FU (y), excluded if FU < x(y), lost to FU (%) Age range or mean age at DTC diagnosis (y) DTC cases (TC), DTC with RAI (TR) BC cases (BT), BC with RAI (BR) BC risk after TC, BC risk after RAI, Risks (95% CI) BC risk status after DTC BC risk status after RAI
Cho et al. (29), Korea Cohort study, Korean Central Cancer Registry 1993–2010, <2 mo excluded 45.2 y TC 178,844 BT 599 SIR(BT) = 1.20 (1.11–1.30)
Ahn et al. (30), Korea Cohort study, Registry of Seoul National University Hospital 1973–2012, 5 y, <2 y excluded 45.2 y TC 6,150,
TR 3,631
BT 99 HR(BR) = 0.49 (0.22–1.06)
Ahn et al. (30), Korea Case-control study, Registry of Seoul National University Hospital 1970–2009, 5 y, <2 43.4 y TC 4,243 BT 55 SIR(BT) = 2.45 (1.83–2.96)
Khang et al. (31), Korea Cohort study, Registry of Seoul National University Hospital 1976–2010, 7 y, <1 y excluded 46.4 y TC 2,468,
TR 1,396
BT 17 BT was more frequent, in the no RAI group.
Lu et al. (32), Taiwan Cohort study, Taiwan Cancer 1979–2006, 7.1 y, <1 mo excluded 45.2 y TC 19,068 BT 102 SIR(BT) = 1.42 (1.16–1.72)
Teng et al. (33), Taiwan Cohort study, Taiwan National Health Insurance Database 1997–2010, 6.5 y, <1 y 46 y TC 20,235,
TR 11,799
BT 158 SIR(BT) = 1.48 (1.26–1.73), HR(BR) = 0.99 (0.96–1.02)
Lin et al. (34), Taiwan Cohort study, Taiwan National Health Insurance Database 2000–2011, 5.9 y 46 y TC 10.361,
TR 7,069
BT 129,
BR 91
HR(BT) = 1.31(1.07–1.61), HR(BR) = 1.34(1.06–1.69) No correlation with activity
Sadetzki et al. (35), Israel Cohort study, Israel National Cancer Registry 1960–1998, 9.4 y, <1 y excluded TC 4,911 BT 70 SIR(BT) = 1.07 (0.84-1.34)
Hirsch et al. (36), Israel Cohort study, Israel National Cancer Registry, Rabin Medical Center Thyroid CancerRegistry 9.3 y, <2 y excluded 48.1 y TC 1,943,
TR 1,574
BT 49,
BR 39
The most common SPM was breast cancer(49 from 173)
Izkhakov et al. (37) Israel Cohort study, Israel National Cancer Registry 1980–2011, 9.7 y, <1 y excluded 51.2 y (Jews), 41.4 y (Arabs) TC 11,538 BT 258 SIR(BT) = 1.44(1.26-1.61)

Some data may be absent in particular rows if the data were not reported in the publication. Numbers in parentheses represent 95% CI's. Up arrows (⇑) denote increased risk, horizontal arrows (⇔) denote no increased risk. Unless otherwise noted, the “DTC patients” group includes both patients receiving RAI and those not receiving RAI.

BC, breast cancer; CI, confidence interval; DTC, differentiated thyroid cancer; FU, follow-up; HR, hazard ratio; RAI, radioiodine therapy; SIR, standardized incidence ratio.