A Birth Cohort Analysis of the Incidence of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973–2004
Zhu C, Zheng T, Kilfoy BA, Han X, Ma S, Ba Y, Bai Y, Wang R, Zhu Y, Zhang Y. A Birth Cohort Analysis of the Incidence of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973–2004. Thyroid 2009, 19: 1061-1066. PMID: 19732011, PMCID: PMC2833179, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerBirth-cohort patternThyroid cancerIncidence trendsCohort patternsNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceCohort modelingEnd Results ProgramBirth cohort effectsObserved incidence trendsBirth cohort analysisPapillary thyroid carcinomaSmall thyroid nodulesCohort-related changesObserved time trendsPeriod effectsResults ProgramCohort analysisThyroid carcinomaBirth cohortIncidence patternsThyroid nodulesCancerIncidenceStudy period