An exponential growth in incidence of thyroid cancer: Trends and impact of CT imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 778-783

  Hoang, J K ^a,b   Choudhury, K R ^a   Eastwood, J D ^a   Esclamado, R M ^b   Lyman, G H ^a   Shattuck, T M ^b   Nguyen, X V ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Div Otolaryngol/Hd and Neck Surg   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCENTIMETER PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TREND STUDY; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898408515     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3743     Document Type: Article

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