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Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Cancer in the Marne and Ardennes Departments of France From 1975 to 2014

NCT03623516 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2008

Last updated 2018-08-09

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Summary

Introduction - Incidence of thyroid cancer has increased considerably in France in recent years, but the mortality rate has declined only slightly. Part of this increased incidence could be attributable to overdiagnosis. We aimed to estimate the contribution of overdiagnosis to the incidence of papillary thyroid cancer.

Material and methods. - Incidence rates were calculated based on data from the specialised Marnes-Ardennes thyroid cancer registry, for cancers diagnosed between 1975 and 2014, by age category and by five-year period. The population was divided into two groups according to pTNM classification at diagnosis (i.e. localised or invasive). Overdiagnosis was defined as the difference in incidence rates between the invasive cancer and localised cancer groups. This rate was then divided by the incidence rate in the localised cancer group for the most recent period (2010-2014) to obtain the proportion of cancers attributable to overdiagnosis.

Conditions

  • Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • CHU de Reims

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1975-01-01
Primary Completion
2014-12-01
Completion
2014-12-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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