Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973-2002

Louise Davies; H. Gilbert Welch

doi:10.1001/jama.295.18.2164

Abstract

The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States is predominantly due to the increased detection of small papillary cancers. These trends, combined with the known existence of a substantial reservoir of subclinical cancer and stable overall mortality, suggest that increasing incidence reflects increased detection of subclinical disease, not an increase in the true occurrence of thyroid cancer.

Keywords

MedicineThyroid cancerMedullary thyroid cancerIncidence (geometry)ThyroidPapillary thyroid cancerEpidemiologyInternal medicineCancerFollicular thyroid cancerRetrospective cohort studyOncology

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White River Junction VA Medical Center US

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 295
Issue: 18
Pages: 2164-2164
Citations: 3315
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                                    Louise Davies, 
                                
                                    H. Gilbert Welch
                                
                            (2006). 
                            Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973-2002. 
                            JAMA
                            , 295
                            (18)
                            , 2164-2164.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.295.18.2164

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.18.2164