Thyroid cancer mortality higher in Filipinos in United States: an analysis using national mortality records from 2003–2012

Thyroid cancer mortality higher in Filipinos in United States: an analysis using national mortality records from 2003–2012

Identifying demographic indicators of poor prognosis in thyroid cancer is vital to effective, personalized clinical decision-making. After analysis of approximately 19 million death records, we show that Filipinos die at a higher age-adjusted rate and have higher proportionate mortality than non-Fil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cancer 2017-09, Vol.123 (24), p.4860-4867
Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Michelle-Linh T., Hu, Jiaqi, Hastings, Katherine G., Daza, Eric J., Cullen, Mark R., Orloff, Lisa A., Palaniappan, Latha P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Identifying demographic indicators of poor prognosis in thyroid cancer is vital to effective, personalized clinical decision-making. After analysis of approximately 19 million death records, we show that Filipinos die at a higher age-adjusted rate and have higher proportionate mortality than non-Filipino Asians and non-Hispanic Whites.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.30958