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. 2016 Jul 1;142(7):709-11.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.0230.

Changing Trends in the Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States

Luc G T Morris  1 , R Michael Tuttle  2 , Louise Davies  3
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Changing Trends in the Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States

Luc G T Morris et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.

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Time Trends in Incidence of Thyroid Cancer for All Sizes and Those of 1 cmor Less Data are expressed per 100 000 persons and age-adjusted to the 2000 US population. Data markers represent observed incidence rates; lines, the joinpoint-modeled regression lines; and percentages, the annual percentage change (Table).
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