Epidemiological aspects thyroid cancer
Keywords:
epidemiology, thyroidAbstract
The authors analyse the íncídence of thyroid
cancer in the city of Montevideo and morta!ity in
Uruguay between 1988 and 1992, pointíng out that
whi/e the former increases, the latter decreases,
confirming the existence of better diagnosis and
treatment of this patho/ogy andlor /ess malignancy in thyroid cancer evolutioti. The analysís of the
personal casuístry of one of the authors (B.
Delgado) in the case of dífferentiated cancer of the
thyroíd shows a predominancy in fema/es, young
and middle aged patíents, and thyroid nodule as
c/ínícal presentation. From the hístologica/ poínt of
víew, papillary carcinoma predomina/es; an
importan/ percentage with cervical nades. Our
country has the profí/e of an endemícal zone for
goiter wíth a higher incídence of follicular
carcinomas when compared to non-endemica/
zones ar endemícal ones with addítíonal iodíne
intake
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