Cytogenetic and oxidative status of individuals with thyroid gland illnesses

Biomonitoring of genome integrity could be used for better cancer prevention. Thyroid cancer has become one of the fastest growing cancer types in the world. When compared to 100 matched controls, patients with thyroid illnesses showed higher basal DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes (1.24-fold increase in sister chromatid exchanges, 1.47-fold increase in total number of chromosomal aberrat…