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it more important to identify the risk factors for malignant transformation of thyroid nodules. Among various potential risk factors being evaluated, elevated serum TSH concentration has been reported by multiple studies to be associated with the
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. 2006 , Wartofsky 2010 ). Recently, higher height and body weight were also reported as risk factors for thyroid cancer ( Kitahara et al. 2011 ). Abnormal thyroid hormones and TSH may be associated with carcinogenesis. Thyroid dysfunction can
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). Most international guidelines recommend the use of a combination of diagnostic tools, including measurement of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) to assess functional thyroid status, high resolution ultrasonography (US) scanning to assess the
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metastasis. It is important to note that serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is generally high in the hypothyroid state, but its specific role in breast was not elucidated. Although the influence of thyroid dysfunctions on breast cancer promotion and
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). More recently, a number of studies have suggested that higher concentrations of TSH, even within the normal range, are associated with a subsequent diagnosis of thyroid cancer in patients presenting with thyroid nodules ( Table 1 ; Boelaert et al
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Introduction The thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor (TSHR) is a surface glycoprotein receptor, part of the leucine-rich repeat subfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors (LGR). It has been described as the ‘master switch’ in regulating
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Introduction Several studies, including a large meta-analysis, have reported an observational association between raised serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroid cancer ( McLeod et al. 2012 ); however, there is significant
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), some US features such as upper pole location ( Ito et al. 2004 , Jeon et al. 2017 ) or microcalcification ( Jeon et al. 2017 ), and high level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) ( Sugitani et al. 2014 , Kim et al. 2018 ). Among them, TSH
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biopsy, thyroid function tests including serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level are recommended in the investigation of a thyroid nodule ( Perros et al. 2014 , Haugen et al. 2016 ). The role of serum TSH testing is primarily to identify
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Introduction Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is the main regulator of thyroid function and is involved in the secretion of thyroid hormones, maintenance of thyroid-specific gene expression (differentiation), and thyroid cell proliferation