Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States, 1974-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Thyroid cancer incidence has increased substantially in the United States over the last 4 decades, driven largely by increases in papillary thyroid cancer. It is unclear whether the increasing incidence of papillary thyroid cancer has been related to thyroid cancer mortality trends.

Objective

To compare trends in thyroid cancer incidence and mortality by tumor characteristics at diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

Trends in thyroid cancer incidence and incidence-based mortality rates were evaluated using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-9 (SEER-9) cancer registry program, and annual percent change in rates was calculated using log-linear regression.

Exposure

Tumor characteristics.

Main outcomes and measures

An

SUBMITTER: Lim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216772 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature