These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Epidemiology and early diagnosis of thyroid cancer (based on data from the Oncology Dispensary of the city of Stara Zagora, the People's Republic of Bulgaria)].
    Author: Vlakhov N, Mirchev V, Dimitrova R.
    Journal: Vopr Onkol; 1985; 31(5):59-62. PubMed ID: 4013131.
    Abstract:
    An epidemiologic study on thyroid gland cancer in the catchment area of Stara Zagora District Oncological Dispensary with a population of 645,000 was conducted in 1964-1983. The morbidity rate was 1.62/100,000 population, thyroid cancer amounting to 0.83% of all malignancies. Female morbidity was 2.7 times that of males. The highest level of morbidity for both sexes was in the age interval of 31-50 years. Morbidity in urban and rural areas was on the ratio of 1.5:1.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]