Evolving understanding of the epidemiology of thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy and the fastest increasing cancer
in the United States. 1 It is more common in women, with a 3: 1 female-to-male ratio in most
geographic regions and demographic groups, 2 and it is the fifth most common cancer in
women. 3 Thyroid cancer affects a younger population than most Disclosures: Dr JA Sosa is
a member of the Data Monitoring Committee of the Medullary Thyroid Cancer Consortium
Registry supported by GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly. Dr CD …
in the United States. 1 It is more common in women, with a 3: 1 female-to-male ratio in most
geographic regions and demographic groups, 2 and it is the fifth most common cancer in
women. 3 Thyroid cancer affects a younger population than most Disclosures: Dr JA Sosa is
a member of the Data Monitoring Committee of the Medullary Thyroid Cancer Consortium
Registry supported by GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly. Dr CD …
