Publications by authors named "Karolina Woronko"
Wheat ( L.) is one of the most important crops worldwide, and, as a resilient cereal, it grows in various climatic zones. Due to changing climatic conditions and naturally occurring environmental fluctuations, the priority problem in the cultivation of wheat is to improve the quality of the crop.
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- The study estimated the risk of developing thyroid cancer in patients who had previously been diagnosed with breast cancer, tracking 10,832 women for an average of 14 years.
- Out of the participants, only 53 (0.49%) developed thyroid cancer, significantly higher than the expected rate based on Polish population statistics.
- Women with specific mutations in the CHEK2 gene showed a higher ten-year risk of thyroid cancer (1.5%) compared to those without mutations (0.9%), with particular mutations linked to higher hazard ratios for developing the disease.