May 6, 2016 - After rising steadily for decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States may have stabilized, according to a new study. Although still increasing, the number off new cases has risen at a much slower rate in recent years than in the past.
The incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States began to rise during the early 1990s, with incidence in 2013 triple that of 30 years earlier. But the new analysis found that incidence began to level off in 2009 and remained relatively stable through 2012.
Mentioned study: Changing Luc G. T. Morris, MD, MSc1; R. Michael Tuttle, MD2; Louise Davies, MD, Trends in the Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Published online April 14, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2016.0230
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