Second, in the subgroup analysis may have had insufficient statistical power to check an association, Third, we were also unable to examine the interactions among gene-environment, lacking of the original data of the included studies limited our further evaluation of potential interactions, which may be an important component of the association between XRCC1 Arg399Gln, Arg280His, and Arg194Trp polymorphisms and environment and thyroid cancer risk. Here, XRCC1 is linked to thyroid gland carcinoma.