Rising thyroid cancer incidence in the United States by demographic and tumor characteristics, 1980-2005

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 784-791

  Enewold, Lindsey ^a,e   Zhu, Kangmin ^a,c   Ron, Elaine ^d   Marrogi, Aizen J ^a   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^a   Peoples, George E ^a,b   Devesa, Susan S ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER TISSUE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THYROID TUMOR; TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549114616     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0960     Document Type: Article

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