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Risk factor epidemiology of thyroid cancer

Principal Investigator
Name
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Degrees
MD
Institution
Avicenna Oncology center
Position Title
Consultant and scientific director
Email
About this CDAS Project
Study
PLCO (Learn more about this study)
Project ID
PLCO-458
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Mar 8, 2019
Title
Risk factor epidemiology of thyroid cancer
Summary
Thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. The current study aims to provide an assessment of the interaction of different environmental, medical and familial factors in the formulation of risk of profile of thyroid cancer with the hope of getting out with plausible screening recommendations of this disease.
Aims

1. To evaluate the risk factor epidemiology of different histological subtypes of thyroid cancer

Collaborators

1. Dr. Omar Abdel-Rahman

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