Incidence of Clinically Relevant Thyroid Cancers Remains Stable for Almost a Century: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the trends in incidence of clinically relevant thyroid cancers within the overall rising incidence of thyroid cancers.

Patients and methods

This is a population-based cohort study conducted using the Rochester Epidemiology Project database to identify all new cases of thyroid cancer in Olmsted County, Minnesota, between January 1, 1935, and December 31, 2018. We extracted information about demographics and tumor pathologic type, size, and invasiveness. Clinically relevant cancers included aggressive histology or presence of metastatic disease, size larger than 4 cm, and gross extrathyroidal tumor invasion.

Results

Between 1935 and 2018, 596 thyroid cancer cases were diagnosed (mean age, 46.4 years; 72% female; 87% papillary cancers; and median tum

SUBMITTER: Genere N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature