… We found that there is an ongoing epidemic of thyroid cancer in the United States. It does
not seem to be an epidemic of disease, however. Instead, it seem to be substantially an …

… To examine possible reasons for the observed increasing incidence of thyroid cancer, we
describe trends in its incidence, histology, size distribution, and mortality in the United States, …

… thyroid cancer. These findings are consistent with a true increase in the occurrence of
thyroid cancer in the United States. … in the occurrence of thyroid cancer in the United States. …

… Our study showed that thyroid cancer incidence rates in the United States increased during
… The incidence trends for PTC mirrored the trends for thyroid cancer overall, while the …

… , we suggest that the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States is due to
overdiagnosis and that more aggressive disease is not being removed by early detection. …

… thyroid cancer, while 10% had died from their thyroid cancer. … From 1973 to 2005, SEER
recorded 35 663 thyroid cancer … of papillary thyroid cancer confined to the thyroid gland (ie, no …

… United States, strengthening even more our observation of increased incidence of thyroid
cancer in the Southern United States … regional variations in thyroid cancer rates and surgery …

… thyroid cancer incidence rates by demographic and tumor characteristics based on 48,403
thyroid cancer … and End Results program of the National Cancer Institute. The rates varied by …

… of thyroid cancer is due to increased detection, we analyzed data from the United States
Cancer Statistics 1999– 2009 to study the incidence variation across the United States and to …

… of papillary thyroid cancer care in the general population. The findings from this study
indicate adherence to guideline recommendations in that family history of thyroid disease/cancer, …