Who is affected by thyroid cancer?
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Who is affected by thyroid cancer?
Thyroid cancer is not common. It accounts for only about 1% of all new cancers.1 For the year 2007, the American Cancer Society expected approximately 33,550 cases of thyroid cancer and 1,530 deaths from thyroid cancer in the United States.2
Most cases of thyroid cancer are diagnosed in people who are between the ages of 25 and 65, although it can develop at any age. Thyroid cancer occurs more frequently in women than it does in men.
References
Citations
Sherman SI (2003). Thyroid carcinoma. Lancet, 361(9356): 501–511.
American Cancer Society (2007). Cancer Facts and Figures 2007, pp. 1–52. Atlanta: American Cancer Society. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2007PWSecured.pdf.
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| Author | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Associate Editor | Terrina Vail |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Last Updated | September 19, 2007 |
| Last updated: | September 19, 2007 |
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| Author: | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Terrina Vail |
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