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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

3. Thyroid

Thyroid Cancer

ey0016.3-15 | Thyroid Cancer | ESPEYB16

3.15. Pediatric thyroid cancer incidence and mortality trends in the United States, 1973-2013

ZJ Qian , MC Jin , KD Meister , UC Megwalu

To read the full abstract: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Jul 1;145(7):617–623Differentiated thyroid cancer represents 2–4% of all pediatric malignancies. In adults, increasing incidence rates have been reported over the last decades. Data on trends in pediatric patients are scarce. This paper reports the 40-year incidence rate of differentiated thyroid cancer in patient...