Follicular thyroid cancer risk factors

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Common risk factors in the development of follicular thyroid cancer are iodine deficiency, family history of thyroid cancer, and radiation exposure.

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  1. Hoang, Jenny K.; Branstetter, Barton F. IV; Gafton, Andreia R.; Lee, Wai K.; Glastonbury, Christine M. (2013). "Imaging of thyroid carcinoma with CT and MRI: approaches to common scenarios". Cancer Imaging. 13 (1): 128–139. doi:10.1102/1470-7330.2013.0013. ISSN 1470-7330.
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  3. Antonelli A, Ferri C, Fallahi P, Pampana A, Ferrari SM, Barani L, Marchi S, Ferrannini E (May 2007). "Thyroid cancer in HCV-related chronic hepatitis patients: a case-control study". Thyroid. 17 (5): 447–51. doi:10.1089/thy.2006.0194. PMID 17542674.

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