Increase In Cases Of Thyroid Cancer May Be Due To Better Detection

November 20th, 2007 | Category: Cancer

Although still rare, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing. In that longitudinal study by 12 years from a large cancer registry, Kent and colleagues used the Ontario Cancer Registry to identify 7422 cases of differentiated thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2001. Their results show

the jump in the incidence rate of that type of thyroid cancer was 146% by the 12-year period, or an annual increase of 13% per year. [click link for full article]

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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