Thyroid cancer in West Java: It’s not all papillary and pretty

• Published in: Cancer epidemiology Vol. 97; p. 102869
• Main Authors: Rizki, Kiki Akhmad, Kurniasari, Rantapina, Priosadewo, Monty, Abdurrahman, Maman, Azhar, Raden Yohana, Gaol, Dodi Lumban, Sitanggang, Rupita Sari Endangena, Erdiansyah, Zuldi, Nugraha, Prapanca, Muhammad, Arrayyan, Primastari, Etis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2025; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age groups; Aged; Asymptomatic; Chi-square test; Disease; Female; Females; Histopathology; Hospitals; Humans; Hypotheses; Incidence; Indonesia - epidemiology; Iodine; Lymph nodes; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphatic system; Male; Malignancy; Medical records; Metastases; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Observational study; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Patients; Population studies; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - epidemiology; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroid tumor; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Young Adult; Indonesia; West Java Indonesia; Observational study; Histopathology; Metastasis; Thyroid tumor

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy in children and adults. The rising incidence of thyroid cancer, which remains poorly understood, raises the need to evaluate whether this increase will lead to higher mortality and more aggressive disease. This study aimed to describe the charac...