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Carcinoma of the Thyroid

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Cancer Treatment Research

Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology ((DION,volume 2))

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The incidence of thyroid carcinoma is low with about 8000 new cases per year in the United States. Worldwide, there is a wide variation among geographic areas (0.3 to 15 cases per 100,000 population per year) suggesting environmental influences to be predominant. The incidence among females is higher than for males, averaging about 3 to 1. The incidence rises steadily with age for males but rises rapidly in the third decade of life and then stabilizes for females. The overall sex differential is therefore due to these differences in rates among young adults. Since about 1940 there has been a trend toward a nearly three-fold increased incidence, principally among young adults. It is quite possible that this rising incidence is related to neck irradiation previously administered for benign conditions (1,2).

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  1. Baltimore Cancer Research Program of the Division of Cancer Treatment, NCI at the University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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  1. Section of Medical Oncology, Baltimore Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA

    Joseph Aisner M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Head) (Associate Professor of Medicine, Head)

  2. Baltimore Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA

    Paul Chang M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Senior Investigator) (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Senior Investigator)

  3. Good Samaritan Hospital, 5601 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA

    Paul Chang M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Senior Investigator) (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Senior Investigator)

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Schimpff, S.C. (1980). Carcinoma of the Thyroid. In: Aisner, J., Chang, P. (eds) Cancer Treatment Research. Developments in Oncology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8863-7_6

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