Thyroid cancer.
Temporal trend for incident cases (n = 5,101) and deaths (n = 1,130) for thyroid cancer in the database of the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (pool AIRT) in the period 1986-1997, showed a statistically significant increase of incidence rates in both males (EAPC = +3.4%) and females (EAPC = +4.6%). Mortality rates showed a statistically significant decrease, for both sexes, of about 4%/year.
Registro tumori Regione Liguria, IST Istituto nazionale ricerca sul cancro, Dipartimento di oncologia, biologia e genetica, Università di Genova.
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D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000453:epidemiology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology