Trends in pediatric thyroid cancer incidence in the United States, 1998-2013.
Marie-Odile BernierDiana R WithrowAmy Berrington de GonzalezClara J K LamMartha S LinetCari M KitaharaMeredith S ShielsPublished in: Cancer (2019)
Significantly increasing rates of DTC over time among 10- to 19-year-olds in the United States are unlikely to be entirely explained by increases in medical surveillance during childhood because rates of large and late-stage DTC are increasing over time. Future studies should examine environmental and other factors that may be contributing to rising DTC rates.