Thyroid Cancer in Ecuador, a 16 years population-based analysis (2001-2016).

Jorge Salazar-VegaEsteban Ortiz PradoPaola Solis-PazminoLenin Gómez-BarrenoKatherine Simbaña-RiveraAquiles R Henriquez-TrujilloJuan P BritoTheofilos ToulkeridisMarco Coral-Almeida

Published in: BMC cancer (2019)

Ecuador has one of the highest rates of thyroid cancer in Latin America, ranking first among women in Latin America. Although this cancer is frequent, mortality rate is relatively low. As this is the first national report of thyroid cancer in the country, a further analysis of the pathological variants and the grading of this neoplasia is needed.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
polycystic ovary syndrome
cardiovascular events
high grade
quality improvement
copy number
type diabetes
risk factors
gene expression
squamous cell
cardiovascular disease
dna methylation
childhood cancer