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Malignant thyroid tumors at autopsy in a Swedish goitrous population
Author(s) -
Nielsen Bjarne,
Zetterlund Birgitta
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19850301)55:5<1041::aid-cncr2820550519>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , incidence (geometry) , goiter , autopsy , pathology , population , medullary cavity , papillary carcinoma , lymphoma , medullary carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , physics , environmental health , optics
Abstract In a series of 500 consecutive autopsies in a Swedish population with a high rate of goiter (29%) the incidence of malignant thyroid tumors was 6.0%. There were 25 papillary, 2 follicular, and 2 medullary carcinomas and 1 non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma‐immunocytoma. No significant differences in tumor incidence was found between goiter patients and those with normal glands. Notably the tumors occurred more often in men than in women (ratio, 1.5).