Children and thyroid cancer: Interpreting troubling trends
A partir des données de 39 registres américains des cancers, cette étude analyse, sur la période 1998-2013, l'évolution de l'incidence du cancer de la thyroïde chez les enfants et adolescents âgés de moins de 20 ans (7 296 cas)
In this issue, Bernier et al assert that their findings provide evidence that there is a true increase in the incidence of pediatric thyroid cancer, and appear to be working to extend their findings from 2017, in which they came to similar conclusions for the adult population. Although the authors of this editorial agree that a true increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer is possible, and in fact one of them reported in the past on this concern, they also are once again worried that the inferences being drawn from the US cancer epidemiology data may be artifactual.
Cancer , éditorial, 2018