Increasing thyroid cancer rate and the extent of thyroid surgery in Korea.

BACKGROUND: It is evident that the rate of thyroid cancer is increasing throughout the world. One reason is increased detection of preclinical small cancers. However, it is not clear whether the increase in thyroid cancer rate is reducing the extent of thyroid surgeries. The purpose of this study wa...

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Main Authors: Myung-Whun Sung, Bumjung Park, Soo-Youn An, J Hun Hah, Young Ho Jung, Hyo Geun Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4254284?pdf=render