PREVALENCE OF ONCOGENIC VIRUSES IN TUMORS OF THE THYROID GLAND IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, NORTHERN BRAZIL: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
INTRODUCTION: Thyroid cancer is the most prevalent type of endocrine cancer worldwide, being necessary to investigate possible associations with oncogenic viruses. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of viral infection in thyroid tissue fragments obtained surgically in a public hospital in Amazonas,...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista Foco 2024-02, Vol.17 (2), p.e2641 |
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Zusammenfassung: | INTRODUCTION: Thyroid cancer is the most prevalent type of endocrine cancer worldwide, being necessary to investigate possible associations with oncogenic viruses. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of viral infection in thyroid tissue fragments obtained surgically in a public hospital in Amazonas, Brazil. METHODS: Observational, descriptive cross-sectional study of thyroid tumor surgical specimens examined for the presence of oncogenic viruses EBV and B19 by real-time PCR. RESULTS: Sixty samples were analyzed, of which 10 had EBV DNA and 13 B19 DNA. Pearson’ chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test for the association between viral presence and tumor histological type were not statistically significant for EBV (P-value = 0.6288) or B19 (P-value = 1.0). CONCLUSION: Partial results did not reveal a positive association between viral presence and histological type. |
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ISSN: | 1981-223X 1981-223X |
DOI: | 10.54751/revistafoco.v17n2-023 |