… Differentiated thyroid cancer refers to thyroid neoplasms derived from follicular cells,
including papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), follicular thyroid cancer (FTC), and Hurthle cell cancer. …

… advanced thyroid cancers, as well as thyroid cancer mortality, … modifiable risk factor for thyroid
cancer. Obesity has emerged … and thyroid dysfunction on thyroid cancer development has …

… During this same time, the incidence of stage IV thyroid cancer … lethal cancers should lead
to a decrease in metastatic disease, we suggest that the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer …

… The mortality of thyroid cancer has remained relatively stable, despite an … for thyroid cancer
are also being reviewed in this chapter. Finally, the issue of overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer is …

… Papillary thyroid cancer predominates in iodine-sufficient areas. For most thyroid cancers, …
There are several known genetic syndromes that confer thyroid cancer risk. Radiation …

… epidemiology of nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma, to discuss the effects of environment, lifestyle
and radiation on the risk of developing thyroid cancer… incidence of thyroid cancer ranges …

… -SEER Stat Fact Sheets, available at http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/… , thyroid cancer
is the fifth most common cancer in women [3], and in Italy, it is the second most frequent cancer …

… The annual mortality from thyroid cancer is low—five deaths per million individuals per year
(2), presumably reflecting the good prognosis for most thyroid cancers. Mortality rates are …

… epidemiologic studies of thyroid cancer. Apart from special aspects for thyroid malignomas,
the validity of epidemiological … conclusions or fatal epidemiologic misinterpretations may be …

… Obesity has consistently been associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer in
epidemiological studies 46 . Trends in obesity prevalence also seem to have paralleled the trends in …