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A clinical study of free T3 in breast cancer and benign breast tumours

Background The aim of the study was to evaluate the presence of Free T3 in women with breast cancer or benign breast tumours, and to analyse a possible relationship between FT3 and these two groups of breast diseases with emphasis to laboratory findings.

Methods Free T3 levels of 87 women hospitalized were prospectively analyzed, using an Post hoc Tukey HSD for normally distributed continuous data, chi-square test for comparison.

Results There was no significant association of Free T3 levels in breast cancer and benign breast tumours.

Conclusions The association between free T3 and breast tumors was evaluated in this study. Free T3 values were not statistically significant in patients with breast cancer and benign breast tumors depicting there is no association of Free T3 and risk of breast carcinoma. However, these data must be confirmed in large patient cohorts and long duration follow-up.