Oxidant/antioxidant balance in patients with thyroid cancer.

CONCLUSION: The superoxide dismutase does not seem to change with thyroid cancer and thyroidectomy but both antioxidant glutathione peroxidase and lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde do. These preliminary findings may point out oxidant/antioxidant imbalance associated with thyroid cancer.
PMID: 19030755 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Acta Cirurgica Brasileira)