November 10, 2022

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Risk of Thyroid Cancer

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Abstract

In the current study we found increased risk of all thyroid cancer and medullary thyroid cancer with use of GLP-1 RA, in particular after 1-3 years of treatment.

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Bezin et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d95de05e5bcb4e3b835d20 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2337/dc22-1148

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