Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States, 1974-2013

Lim, Hyeyeun; S. Devesa, Susan; Ann Sosa, Julie; P. Check, David; M. Kitahara, Cari

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.2719

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Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States, 1974-2013

Published in JAMA • Mar 31, 2017

Authors:

Hyeyeun Lim

Susan S. Devesa

Julie Ann Sosa

Abstract

Importance: Thyroid cancer incidence has increased substantially in the United States over the last 4 decades, driven largely by increases in papillary thyroid cancer. It is unclear whether the increasing incidence of papillary thyroid cancer has been related to thyroid cancer mortality trends. Obje...

Subject

Medicine

Thyroid cancer

Incidence (geometry)

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