alt Hacker NewsWhile thyroid cancer is highly treatable, the type of thyroid cancer that GLP-1 drugs cause is the rare and untreatable variety.
While thyroid cancer is highly treatable, the type of thyroid cancer that GLP-1 drugs cause is the rare and untreatable variety.
There's no causative relationship. There is a correlation in some studies. This is not the same thing. Beyond that, some studies have found a very weak association and some have found no association at all. To say with this corpus of evidence they cause anything is very premature.
This 2024 study showed no increase in risk over 3.9 years.
https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-078225