High Thyroid Cancer Incidence Rate in a Community near a Landfill: A Descriptive Epidemiological Assessment.

ABSTRACT: to investigate the high thyroid cancer incidence rate of Staten Island and to disentangle the effects of potential environmental exposure from a landfill from screening. age-adjusted thyroid cancer incidence rates obtained from the New York State Public Access Cancer Epidemiology Data for New York State (NYS) excluding New York City (NYC) and the five NYC boroughs, including Staten Island, were mapped over time (1995-2018), investigated per age group and by percentage of localized thyroid cancer. Changes in trends were assessed using joinpoint. Contaminants of concern on Staten Island were assessed for carcinogenic and endocrine disruptive properties. a more pronounced thyroid cancer incidence rate increase, without a difference in age distribution and similar percentages of localized thyr

SUBMITTER: van Gerwen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8705650 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature