Women hit as thyroid cancers rise
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CHINA has reported 4.6 times more cases of thyroid cancer over the past decade, with women worst hit.
Young and middle-aged women are most vulnerable to papillary thyroid carcinoma, the most common thyroid cancer. Three out of every four patients are female, according to a national academic conference on thyroid cancer in Tianjin.
The increase of cases is closely related to better examination methods, said Gao Ming, vice president of Tianjin Tumor Hospital.
Ultrasonic technology can help find minor thyroid tumors that used to go undetected, but 95 percent of patients can recover with early treatment.
But experts said there was not enough evidence to prove a direct link between thyroid cancer and iodized salt, which has been used nationwide since 1993 in an attempt to prevent iodine deficiency in China.
China reports 3.5 million new cases of cancer each year.
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