Statistics About Thyroid Canc... Health Article

Some people use statistics to try to figure out their chances of getting or curing cancer. You should remember that statistics show what happens with large groups of people. No 2 people are alike. You can’t use this information to know or predict what will happen to you.

These are 2007 statistics from the American Cancer Society.

• Doctors will diagnose about 33,500 new cases of thyroid cancer in 2007.

• Thyroid cancer occurs more often in women. About 25,500 of new thyroid cancers will be diagnosed in women. The other 7,590 will be found in men.

• Thyroid cancer rates have been going up by about 2% per year.

• Thyroid cancer occurs more often in younger adults. Two-thirds of those diagnosed are between ages 25 and 65.

• Thyroid cancer has a 97% survival rate at the 5-year mark. Of every 100 people treated for thyroid cancer, 97 of them will be alive 5 years after treatment.

• About 900 women and 650 men will die of thyroid cancer this year.