Fetal cell carcinogenesis of the thyroid: Theory and practice

Title: Fetal cell carcinogenesis of the thyroid: Theory and practice
Author: Takano, Toru

Reference: Seminars in Cancer Biology, 17 (3), p.233-240, Jun 2007

doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2006.02.001

Keywords: Neoplasms; Stem cells; Thyroid gland; Gene expression; Fetal cell research

Abstract: …dominant in the fetal thyroid. This fact suggests…estrogen may help the fetal thyroid to increase its volume…hypothesis. First, in the Chernobyl accident, radioactive…the ability to induce thyroid cancer in adults, induced papillary…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044579X06000228