Increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States, 1973-2002

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 295, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2164-2167

  Davies, Louise ^a,b   Welch, H Gilbert ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; INCIDENCE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646442046     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.18.2164     Document Type: Article

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