Open AccessPatterns of Thyroid Cancers in Southeastern Nigeria: A 15 Year Histopathologic Review (2000-2014)
Author(s) -
Francis Ikechukwu Ukekwe,
DB Olusina,
Philip Chinedu Okere
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26971.10418
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid , thyroid cancer , medullary cavity , incidence (geometry) , thyroidectomy , anaplastic carcinoma , cancer , carcinoma , pathology , physics , optics
Thyroid Cancer (TC) continues to be the most common endocrine cancer with a worldwide increase in incidence over the last three decades. This trend has been reported in all continents except Africa, where detection is adjudged to be insufficient, making it imperative for us to re-evaluate the patterns in our environment.