Background: In the past 3 decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States has
been increasing. There has been debate on whether the increase is real or an artifact of …

Background: Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing worldwide. Incorporating 22 years of
incidence data through 2009, we extend examination of these trends among a wide array of …

Background: An ongoing epidemic of thyroid carcinoma (TC) has affected Americans since
1975. Understanding the contribution of subclinical disease and the mechanism of such …

Background: The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States is well
documented. In this study, we assessed the incidence patterns by histologic type according …

Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased at an alarming rate in both men
and women in the United States. The etiology of this epidemic is unclear. We tested the …

Objective It has been hypothesized that changes in diagnostic practices have driven the
dramatic rise in thyroid cancer incidence over the past two decades. This study investigated …

ContextIncreasing cancer incidence is typically interpreted as an increase in the true
occurrence of disease but may also reflect changing pathological criteria or increased …

Thyroid cancer incidence has been rising in the United States, and this trend has often been
attributed to heightened medical surveillance and the use of improved diagnostics. Thyroid …

Methods| Trends in the age-adjusted incidence of thyroid cancer from 1992 to 2016 (all
histologies, stratified by size, with reporting delay adjustment) were analyzed in the …

Papillary thyroid cancer incidence has increased in the United States from 1978 through
2011 for both men and women of all ages and races. Overdiagnosis is partially responsible …