Changing trends in the incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 709-711

  Morris, Luc G T ^a   Tuttle, R Michael ^a   Davies, Louise ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; INCIDENCE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEER PROGRAM; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979533885     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.0230     Document Type: Letter

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