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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], Alison Leibowitz [3]

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. Females are more commonly affected with papillary thyroid cancer than males. The female to male ratio is approximately 3:1.

Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

• 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.
• 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.

Age

• Papillary thyroid cancer (as is the case with follicular thyroid cancer) typically occurs in middle-aged individuals, with a peak incidence in the 3rd and 4th decades.
• Most commonly manifests in individuals between the ages of 20 to 55.

Gender

• Papillary thyroid cancer is commonly found in women of childbearing age.
• It is more common in women with female to male ratio of approximately 3:1.