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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2024

Early-pregnancy sex steroid and thyroid function hormones, thyroid autoimmunity, and maternal papillary thyroid cancer incidence in the Finnish Maternity Cohort.

Cari M Kitahara, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Roni Falk, Ruth M Pfeiffer, Tuija Männistö, Mika Gissler, Britton Trabert

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Cari M KitaharaRadiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6416-4432
Heljä-Marja SurcelFaculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Biobank Borealis of Northern Finland, Oulu, Finland.
Roni FalkMetabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Ruth M PfeifferBiostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7791-2698
Tuija MännistöNordlab, Oulu, Finland and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Mika GisslerDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Finnish Medical Birth Registry, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland & Region Stockholm, Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Stockholm, Sweden & Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Britton TrabertObstetrics and Gynecology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USBorealis (Finland) · FIKarolinska Institutet · SENordLab · FIUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Studies of other risk factors for radiosensitive tumorsZIACP010219 · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · 2025 to 2025
$39k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural Research Program of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsNCI NIH HHSNIH HHSU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Abstract

Thyroid cancer more commonly affects women than men and is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer among women of reproductive age. We conducted a nested case-control study within the Finnish Maternity Cohort to evaluate pre-diagnostic sex steroid and thyroid function markers in relation to subsequent maternal papillary thyroid cancer. Cases (n = 605) were women ages 18-44 years, who provided an early-pregnancy (<20 weeks gestation) blood sample and were diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer up to 11 years afterward. Controls (n = 1185) were matched to cases 2:1 by gestational age, mother's age, and date at blood draw. Odds ratios (ORs) for the associations of serum thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO-Ab), thyroglobulin antibodies (Tg-Ab), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4), free triiodothyronine (fT3), progesterone, and estradiol with papillary thyroid cancer were estimated using conditional logistic regression. TPO-Ab and Tg-Ab positivity (>95th percentile among controls) were associated with more than 3-fold (OR = 3.32, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.33-4.72) and 2-fold (OR = 2.03, 95% CI 1.41-2.93) increased odds of papillary thyroid cancer, respectively. These associations were similar by time since blood draw, parity, gestational age, smoking status, and age and stage at diagnosis. In models excluding TPO-Ab or Tg-Ab positivity, TPO-Ab (quartile 4 vs. 1: OR = 1.66, 95% CI 1.17-2.37, p-trend = .002) and Tg-Ab (quartile 4 vs. 1: OR = 1.74, 95% CI 1.22-2.49, p-trend = .01) levels were positively associated with papillary thyroid cancer. No associations were observed for estradiol, progesterone, TSH, fT3, or fT4 overall. Our results suggest that thyroid autoimmunity in early pregnancy may increase the risk of maternal papillary thyroid cancer.

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AutoantibodiesThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsAdolescentAdultAutoimmunityCarcinoma, PapillaryCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleFinlandGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansIncidenceIodide PeroxidasePregnancyAutoantibodiesGonadal Steroid HormonesIodide PeroxidaseThyroid HormonesThyrotropinautoimmunityrisk factorssex steroid hormonesthyroid cancerthyroid function

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