Thyroid cancer mortality is higher in Filipinos in the United States: An analysis using national mortality records from 2003 through 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma has a favorable prognosis, but patients with multiple recurrences have drastically lower survival. Filipinos in the United States are known to have high rates of thyroid cancer incidence and disease recurrence. To the authors' knowledge, it is unknown whether Filipinos also have higher thyroid cancer mortality rates.

Methods

The authors studied thyroid cancer mortality in Filipino, non-Filipino Asian (NFA), and non-Hispanic white (NHW) adults using US death records (2003-2012) and US Census data. Age-adjusted mortality rates and proportional mortality ratios (PMRs) were calculated. Sex, nativity status, age at death, and educational attainment also were examined.

Results

The authors examined 19,940,952 deaths. The age-a

SUBMITTER: Nguyen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716919 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature