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Medical Management of Thyroid Cancer

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Cancer in the Spine

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Abstract

Thyroid cancer, the most common endocrine malignancy, accounts for 1.1% of all the newly diagnosed malignancies in the United States (1). It occurs three times more commonly in women. Its annual incidence has increased over the last few decades, possibly in part owing to improved diagnosis and cancer registration (2). However, the mortality rates owing to thyroid cancer have decreased by 20% between the years 1973 and 1996, because of early diagnosis, and better surveillance and treatment.

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    Ajay Sood MD

  2. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

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Sood, A., Reddy, S.S. (2006). Medical Management of Thyroid Cancer. In: McLain, R.F., Lewandrowski, KU., Markman, M., Bukowski, R.M., Macklis, R., Benzel, E.C. (eds) Cancer in the Spine. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-971-4_19

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