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==[[Thyroid cancer epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology & Demographics]]== | ==[[Thyroid cancer epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology & Demographics]]== | ||
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Although cancers of the thyroid represents about 1% of human malignant neoplasms, it the most common endocrinological malignancy, with about 23,500 cases of thyroid cancer are diagnosed yearly in the United States. The incidence shows a predominance in females with a male:female ratio about 1:1.5 to 1:3 in most countries.<ref name="pmid11991098">{{cite journal |author=Harris PE |title=The management of thyroid cancer in adults: a review of new guidelines |journal=Clin Med |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=144–6 |year=2002 |pmid=11991098 |doi= |url=}}</ref> The median age for diagnosis is in the third and fourth decades of life. | |||
==[[Thyroid cancer risk factors|Risk Factors]]== | ==[[Thyroid cancer risk factors|Risk Factors]]== | ||
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Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology & Demographics
Overview
Although cancers of the thyroid represents about 1% of human malignant neoplasms, it the most common endocrinological malignancy, with about 23,500 cases of thyroid cancer are diagnosed yearly in the United States. The incidence shows a predominance in females with a male:female ratio about 1:1.5 to 1:3 in most countries.[1] The median age for diagnosis is in the third and fourth decades of life.
Risk Factors
Screening
Causes
Differentiating Thyroid cancer
Complications & Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Laboratory tests | Electrocardiogram | X Rays | CT | MRI Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other images | Alternative diagnostics
Treatment
Medical therapy | Surgical options | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies
References
- Bennedbæk F.N.; Perrild H.; Hegedüs L. (1999). "Diagnosis and treatment of the solitary thyroid nodule. Results of a European survey". Clinical Endocrinology. 50 (3): 357–363.
- Carlo Ravetto, Luigia Colombo, Massimo E. Dottorini (2000). "Usefulness of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma". Cancer Cytopathology. 90 (6): 357–363.
- Jacques Barbet, Loïc Campion, Françoise Kraeber-Bodéré, Jean-François Chatal, and the GTE Study Group (2005). "Prognostic Impact of Serum Calcitonin and Carcinoembryonic Antigen Doubling-Times in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 90 (11): 6077–6084.
See also
- Chernobyl disaster (radioactive contamination is a cause of thyroid cancer)
External links
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Thyroid cancer
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- Thyroid Cancer Clinical Trials Page of the American Thyroid Association
- Nuclear Medicine Information =– Thyroid Diseases
- Thyroid Cancer- National Cancer Institute
- [3] - Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association
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