Endocrinol Metab.  2022 Oct;37(5):816-818. 10.3803/EnM.2022.1586.

Re-Increasing Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence after a Short Period of Decrease in Korea: Reigniting the Debate on Ultrasound Screening

• Jung CK
• Bae JS
• Park YJ

• KMID: 2534634
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2022.1586

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  Fig. 1. Trends in new thyroid cancer cases and the number of thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) procedures from 1999 to 2022 in Korea. All FNA procedures include tests performed on whole organs, including the thyroid. We estimated the number of thyroid FNA procedures in 2007 to 2014 based on procedures performed from 2015 through 2021. The risk of malignancy (ROM) represents the percentage of thyroid cancer cases divided by the number of thyroid FNA procedures in the previous year. Closed squares and circles denote observed values. Open squares and circles, and dotted lines refer to estimated values.

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