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Nongenotoxic Mechanisms in Thyroid Carcinogenesis

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Nongenotoxic Carcinogenesis

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Abstract

Nongenotoxic mechanisms of thyroid carcinogenesis are of general application and also of potential importance to regulatory toxicology. To understand the way in which administration of xenobiotics can lead to thyroid tumours through a nongenotoxic mechanism it is necessary first to consider the pathophysiology of the thyroid gland.

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Thomas, G. (1994). Nongenotoxic Mechanisms in Thyroid Carcinogenesis. In: Cockburn, A., Smith, L. (eds) Nongenotoxic Carcinogenesis. Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03022-6_5

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