Incidence and mortality from thyroid cancer in Latin America
Fábia Cheyenne Gomes de Morais Fernandes1, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza2,3, Maria Paula Curado4
1Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Objective:
To describe trends in thyroid cancer incidence and mortality in Latin America.
Methods:
Ecological study of time series, with incidence data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer for the 1990-2012 period and mortality data of 16 countries obtained from WHO for the 1995-2013 period. The trends of incidence rates were analysed by the Joinpoint regression. Average annual percentage change and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for incidence and mortality.
Results:
Incidence and mortality from thyroid cancer in Latin America were higher in women, with the highest incidence rate in women in Quito (Ecuador) aged 40-59 years: 42.2 new cases per 100 000 inhabitants, and mortality of 4.8/100 000 in women over 60. Thyroid cancer incidence increased in women of all age groups in Cali (Colombia), Costa Rica and Quito (Ecuador); and in men in Costa Rica. Incidence rates were stable above the age of 60 years in Cali, in Goiania (Brazil), Quito (Ecuador) and Valdivia (Chile) in men, and in women in Goiania (Brazil) and Valdivia (Chile). Mortality among women increased in Ecuador (AAPC = 3.28 CI 95% 1.36; 5.24), Guatemala (AAPC = 6.14 CI 95% 2.81; 9.58) and Mexico (AAPC = 0.67 CI 95% 0.16; 1.18).
Conclusions:
Thyroid cancer incidence in Latin America is high and rising in women. Mortality remains stable in most countries of Latin America.
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