title: Chemical carcinogenesis in the thyroid gland.
abstract: Chemical carcinogens and promoters in thyroid carcinogenesis may be divided into two types, one having goitrogenic effects, the other not having these effects e.g. phenobarbital, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane. The influence of sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone remains unclear, although some thyroid tumors have estrogen receptors. Further studies in this area are necessary.
authors: Second Department of Pathology, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Hiasa
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authors: Kitahori
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authors: Konishi
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authors: Ohshima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D009602:Nitrosamines; D051381:Rats; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D009602:Nitrosamines; C012457:diisopropanolnitrosamine; D013972:Thyrotropin