PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2015, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 414-419.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2015.05.007

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The relationship between thyroid carcinoma and psychosocial risk factors

DING Zhaoming, CHEN Zhuo, CHEN Lili   

  1. Department of Thyroid Surgery,The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150081,China
  • Received:2015-05-04 Online:2015-10-28 Published:2015-10-30

Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship between thyroid carcinoma and psychosocial risk factors.Methods A hospital based case-controlled study of thyroid carcinoma was conducted.Cases were pathologically confirmed as primary papillary thyroid carcinoma.Both 102 cases and 114 controls were tested by the PSSG scale.Results Multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis showed that overworking,children′s future,depress,anxiety,and like to suppress their emotions could increase the risk of thyroid carcinoma,pleasing emotion and forget unhappy as soon as possible might prevent the thyroid carcinoma.Conclusion Psychosocial risk factors are important in the onset and progression of the thyroid carcinoma.

Key words: Thyroid carcinoma, Psychosocial stress, Case control study

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