Despite declines in incidence rates for the most common cancers, the incidence of several
cancers has increased in the past decade, including cancers of the pancreas, liver, thyroid …

Background To update the pattern of cancer mortality in Europe. Materials and methods We
analysed cancer mortality in 34 European countries during 2000–2004, with an overview of …

Abstract Preston, DL, Ron, E., Tokuoka, S., Funamoto, S., Nishi, N., Soda, M., Mabuchi, K.
and Kodama, K. Solid Cancer Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors: 1958–1998. Radiat …

We present up to 45 years of cancer incidence data by occupational category for the Nordic
populations. The study covers the 15 million people aged 30–64 years in the 1960, 1970 …

Background: Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing worldwide at an alarming rate, yet little
is known of the impact this increase will have on society. We sought to determine the clinical …

Background: Nitrate is a contaminant of drinking water in agricultural areas and is found at
high levels in some vegetables. Nitrate competes with uptake of iodide by the thyroid, thus …

Background: Thyroid cancer incidence has risen dramatically in the United States since the
early 1980s. Although the prevalence of obesity has doubled during this time period, the …

Background: Greater height and body mass index (BMI) have been associated with an
increased risk of thyroid cancer, particularly papillary carcinoma, the most common and least …

Thyroid cancer risk following exposure to ionizing radiation in childhood and adolescence is
a topic of public concern. To characterize the long‐term temporal trend and age‐at …

Studies have causally linked external thyroid radiation exposure in childhood with thyroid
cancer. In 1995, investigators conducted relative risk analyses of pooled data from seven …