People that have a first- through third -degree relative diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have an increased risk of developing it themselves, according to a study by Gretchen M. Oakley M.D., of the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, and colleagues. To define the family risk, researchers examined 4,460 patients diagnosed with PTC between 1966 and 2011 at a tertiary care facility in Utah, using the Utah Population Database to access medical records and the Utah Cancer registry...
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