Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies are associated with the absence of distant metastases in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

  • Jamshid Farahati
  • Dirk Roggenbuck
  • Elena Gilman
  • Martin Schütte
  • Elena Jagminaite
  • Seyed Zakavi Rasoul
  • Thomas Löning
  • Eberhard Heissen

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Abstract

The presence of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOab) are reported to be associated with improved outcome among breast cancer patients. We evaluated the correlation between TPOab and diagnostic parameters among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number4
ISSN1434-6621
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22149743