Screening and the epidemic of thyroid cancer in China: An analysis of national representative inpatient and commercial insurance databases

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 148; no. 5; pp. 1106 - 1114
• Main Authors: Liu, Yihao, Lai, Fenghua, Long, Jianyan, Peng, Sui, Wang, Haibo, Zhou, Qian, Li, Bin, Su, Lei, Gan, Lanxia, Shi, Ying, Lv, Weiming, Li, Yanbing, Cheng, Karkeung, Xiao, Haipeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Cancer; Cancer Epidemiology; Critical illness insurance; epidemic; Epidemics; incidence; Iodine; Medical research; Patients; salt iodization; screening; Thyroid cancer; China; salt iodization; screening; thyroid cancer; incidence; epidemic

Reasons behind the rapid increase of thyroid cancer (TC) in China are uncertain. We assessed the burden of TC and the role of access to screening and salt iodization. We analyzed two national databases in China: Hospital Quality Monitoring System (HQMS) and China Reinsurance Company (CRC) database....