Racial/ethnic differences in thyroid cancer incidence in the United States, 2007-2014
Cancer Jan 21, 2018
Weeks KS, et al. - Rising and racially/ethnically different thyroid cancer incidence rates could be evident due to the variable overdiagnosis of indolent tumors by the small tumor diagnostic tools including ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) and computed tomography (CT). Researchers here calculated age-adjusted incidence rates (AAIRs) for the years 2007-2014 for race/ethnicity by patient/tumor characteristics for microscopically confirmed malignant thyroid cancer cases. As per observations, whites (vs non-whites) and insured (vs Medicaid and uninsured) patients showed a higher occurrence of the diagnosis of small tumors; consequently, these groups may be vulnerable to unnecessary tests and treatments or potentially aided by early detection. To limit the overtreatment of indolent and small papillary carcinomas, guidelines that define postdetection interventions seemed required.
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