Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer in an Area of Epidemic Thyroid Goiter

The aim of this study was to analyze and describe the epidemiological characteristics and trends of thyroid cancer in the province of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy), an area with epidemic thyroid goiter, in the period 1992–2010. Data were obtained from the local tumor registry which makes part of a wide...

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Main Authors: Antonio Cossu, Mario Budroni, Panagiotis Paliogiannis, Giuseppe Palmieri, Fabrizio Scognamillo, Rosaria Cesaraccio, Federico Attene, Mario Trignano, Francesco Tanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Cancer Epidemiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/584768