What is Thyroid cancer?
What is Thyroid cancer?
- Thyroid cancer: Cancer of the thyroid gland.
Thyroid cancer: Introduction
Types of Thyroid cancer:
Types of Thyroid cancer:
- Papillary thyroid cancer
- Follicular thyroid cancer
- Medullary thyroid cancer - only about 5-10% of cases
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer - only about 1-2% of cases; usually patients over 65.
- more types...»
Broader types of Thyroid cancer:
How many people get Thyroid cancer?
Incidence (annual) of Thyroid cancer: 20,700 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); 19,500 annual cases in the USA (NCI); 14,900 women and 4,600 men annually (NCI).
Incidence Rate of Thyroid cancer: approx 1 in 13,140 or 0.01% or 20,700 people in USA [about data]
Incidence of Thyroid cancer: Each year in the United States, thyroid cancer
is diagnosed in 14,900 women and 4,600 men. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Thyroid Cancer: NCI)
Who gets Thyroid cancer?
Patient Profile for Thyroid cancer: Usually over 40.
Profile for Thyroid cancer: Most patients with thyroid cancer are more
than 40 years old. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Thyroid Cancer: NCI)
Gender Profile for Thyroid cancer: Women 3:1 men
Gender Profile for Thyroid cancer: In the United States, women are two
to three times more likely than men to develop thyroid
cancer. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Thyroid Cancer: NCI)
Race Profile for Thyroid cancer: In the United States, white people are more
likely than African Americans to be diagnosed with thyroid
cancer. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Thyroid Cancer: NCI)
How serious is Thyroid cancer?
Complications of Thyroid cancer:
see complications of Thyroid cancer
Prognosis of Thyroid cancer: Most thyroid cancers grow very slowly and can be
effectively treated. (Source: excerpt from Thyroid Disease: NWHIC)
Deaths for Thyroid cancer: 1,460 estimated deaths for thyroid cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
What causes Thyroid cancer?
Causes of Thyroid cancer: see causes of Thyroid cancer
Risk factors for Thyroid cancer:
see
risk factors for Thyroid cancer
What are the symptoms of Thyroid cancer?
Symptoms of Thyroid cancer:
see symptoms of Thyroid cancer
Complications of Thyroid cancer:
see complications of Thyroid cancer
Can anyone else get Thyroid cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
More information:
see contagiousness of Thyroid cancer
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Thyroid cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Thyroid cancer.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Thyroid cancer: Endocrinologists, Oncologists, Surgeons, Radiation oncologists
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Thyroid cancer.
Treatments for Thyroid cancer:
see treatments for Thyroid cancer
Prevention of Thyroid cancer:
see prevention of Thyroid cancer
Research for Thyroid cancer:
see research for Thyroid cancer
Society issues for Thyroid cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Thyroid cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Thyroid cancer:
- 0.72% (91,298) of hospital episodes were for malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 86% of hospital consultations for malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 40% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 30% of hospital admissions for malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by Thyroid cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Thyroid cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Thyroid cancer
Main name of condition: Thyroid cancer
Class of Condition for Thyroid cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Thyroid cancer:
cancer of the thyroid
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