Re-Increasing Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence after a Short Period of Decrease in Korea: Reigniting the Debate on Ultrasound Screening

Chan Kwon Jung^{1

2}, Ja Seong Bae³, Young Joo Park^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Chan Kwon Jung et al. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;37(5):816-818.

doi: 10.3803/EnM.2022.1586. Epub 2022 Oct 11.

Chan Kwon Jung^{1

2}, Ja Seong Bae³, Young Joo Park^{4

5}

¹ Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

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