Improved detection does not fully explain the rising incidence of well-differentiated thyroid cancer: a population-based analysis

LGT Morris, D Myssiorek - The American journal of surgery, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer may be an artifact of increased
diagnostic scrutiny, permitting detection of smaller, subclinical thyroid cancers. Our objective …

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology disease state clinical review: the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer

L Davies, LGT Morris, M Haymart, AY Chen… - Endocrine Practice, 2015 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Objective:(1) Describe current epidemiology of thyroid cancer in the United
States;(2) evaluate hypothesized causes of the increased incidence of thyroid cancer; and …

Trend in thyroid carcinoma size, age at diagnosis, and histology in a retrospective study of 500 cases diagnosed over 20 years

P Trimboli, S Ulisse, FM Graziano, A Marzullo… - Thyroid, 2006 - liebertpub.com
Recently, the Italian Network of Cancer Registries analyzed 5101 cases of thyroid
carcinoma showing a reduction of mortality rate of 4%/year. This prompts us to evaluate the …

Increasing world incidence of thyroid cancer: increased detection or higher radiation exposure?

L Wartofsky - Hormones, 2010 - Springer
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy with more deaths annually than
all other endocrine cancers combined. Medical centers in many parts of the world have …

Thyroid cancer mortality and incidence: a global overview

C La Vecchia, M Malvezzi, C Bosetti… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In most areas of the world, thyroid cancer incidence has been appreciably increasing over
the last few decades, whereas mortality has steadily declined. We updated global trends in …

Papillary thyroid cancer incidence in the volcanic area of Sicily

G Pellegriti, F De Vathaire, C Scollo… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background The steadily increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been attributed mostly
to more sensitive thyroid nodule screening. However, various environmental factors, such as …

Thyroid cancer incidence patterns in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the US SEER program, 1997–2008

LHS Veiga, G Neta, B Aschebrook-Kilfoy, E Ron… - Thyroid, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Background: Thyroid cancer incidence has risen steadily over the last few decades in most
of the developed world, but information on incidence trends in developing countries is …

The most commonly occurring papillary thyroid cancer in the United States is now a microcarcinoma in a patient older than 45 years

DT Hughes, MR Haymart, BS Miller, PG Gauger… - Thyroid, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Background: The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is growing at a faster rate than
any other malignancy. However, it is unknown what effect age is having on the changing …