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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer is approximately 16.3/100,000 for women and 5.6/100,000 for men in 2008 in United States.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- There are 45,000 cases in the United States every year and this type of carcinoma has the fastest increasing incidence of any malignancy in the thyroid.[1]
Age
- Papillary thyroid cancer (as is the case with follicular thyroid cancer) typically occurs in the middle-aged, with a peak incidence in the 3rd and 4th decades.
- It occurs more frequently in women and presents in the 20–55 year age group.[2]
Gender
- Papillary thyroid cancer is commonly found in women of childbearing age.
- It is more common in women with a female:male ratio of 1:1.6 - 3:1
References
- ↑ Accessed on November, 4 2015 "Papillary thyroid cancer [Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.].Radiopedia 2015" Check
|url=value (help). - ↑ Takashima S, Sone S, Takayama F, Wang Q, Kobayashi T, Horii A; et al. (1998). "Papillary thyroid carcinoma: MR diagnosis of lymph node metastasis". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 19 (3): 509–13. PMID 9541309.