Income differences in screening, incidence, postoperative complications, and mortality of thyroid cancer in South Korea: a national population-based time trend study
Abstract Background The incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) has increased rapidly over the past few decades in Korea. This study investigated whether the TC epidemic has been driven by overdiagnosis. Methods We calculated the TC screening rate from mid-2008 through mid-2014, and the incidence, postoper...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Cancer |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07597-4 |