The analysis of clinicopathologic characteristics of thyroid cancer:a retrospective study of 1,585 cases / 中国肿瘤临床

Objective:To investigate the incidence trends and clinicopathologic characteristics of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducting using the following data:3,766 cases with thyroid disease in the People's Hospital of Wuhan University between January 2001 and July 2013;and 977 cases with thyroid cancer in the Hubei Cancer Hospital between Janu-ary 2006 and July 2013. Results:The incidence of thyroid cancer increased significantly since 2008, ranging from 14.94%to 18.10%(P1 cm tumor diameter and multifocal PTC are more likely to be complicated with NLNM.