Thyroid Cancer Incidences From Selected South AmericaPopulation-Based Cancer Registries: An Age-Period-Cohort Study

摘要

PurposeThe incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) has increased substantially worldwide. However, there is a lack of knowledge about age-period-cohort (APC) effects on incidence rates in South American countries. This study describes the TC incidence trends and analyzes APC effects in Cali, Colombia; Costa Rica; Goiânia, Brazil; and Quito, Ecuador.