Thyroid cancer: Is the incidence still increasing?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1093-1097

  Hodgson, Nicole C ^a   Button, Jaclyn ^b   Solorzano, Carmen C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Florida Cancer Data System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTION; STRATIFICATION; THYROID CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16644389451     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.03.066     Document Type: Article

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