The changing incidence of thyroid cancer

CM Kitahara, JA Sosa - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016 - nature.com
During the past few decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased substantially in
many countries, including the USA. The rise in incidence seems to be attributable both to the …

Worldwide increasing incidence of thyroid cancer: update on epidemiology and risk factors

G Pellegriti, F Frasca, C Regalbuto… - Journal of cancer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background. In the last decades, thyroid cancer incidence has continuously and sharply
increased all over the world. This review analyzes the possible reasons of this increase …

Thyroid carcinoma, version 2.2022, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

RI Haddad, L Bischoff, D Ball, V Bernet… - Journal of the National …, 2022 - jnccn.org
Differentiated thyroid carcinomas is associated with an excellent prognosis. The treatment of
choice for differentiated thyroid carcinoma is surgery, followed by radioactive iodine ablation …

Current thyroid cancer trends in the United States

L Davies, HG Welch - JAMA otolaryngology–head & neck surgery, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance We have previously reported on a doubling of thyroid cancer incidence—largely
due to the detection of small papillary cancers. Because they are commonly found in people …

Is there a minimum number of thyroidectomies a surgeon should perform to optimize patient outcomes?

MA Adam, S Thomas, L Youngwirth, T Hyslop… - Annals of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the number of total thyroidectomies per surgeon per year
associated with the lowest risk of complications. Background: The surgeon volume–outcome …

Presence and number of lymph node metastases are associated with compromised survival for patients younger than age 45 years with papillary thyroid cancer

MA Adam, J Pura, P Goffredo, MA Dinan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Cervical lymph node metastases are recognized as a prognostic indicator only in
patients age 45 years or older with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); patients younger than age …

Meta-analysis of ultrasound for cervical lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer: Diagnosis of central and lateral compartment nodal metastases

H Zhao, H Li - European journal of radiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the performance of preoperative ultrasound in the diagnosis of cervical
lymph nodes metastases (CLNM) of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and its value in assisting …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of thyroid cancer: a review of the National Cancer Database, 2000-2013

E Olson, G Wintheiser, KM Wolfe, J Droessler… - Cureus, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To show the recent trends in thyroid cancer in the United States, elucidate the
characteristics of stage IV thyroid cancer, and consider the effects of diagnostic testing on …

Growing incidence of thyroid carcinoma in recent years: factors underlying overdiagnosis

A Sanabria, LP Kowalski, JP Shah, IJ Nixon… - Head & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing incidence of well‐differentiated thyroid cancer worldwide. Much of the
increase is secondary to increased detection of small, low‐risk tumors, with questionable …

Quality of life in thyroid cancer is similar to that of other cancers with worse survival

MK Applewhite, BC James, SP Kaplan… - World journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing. As such, the number of survivors
is rising, and it has been shown that their quality of life (QOL) is worse than expected. Using …