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Shari Rudavsky
The Indianapolis Star
January 16, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS ? Thyroid cancer, which affects about 11 people per 100,000 each year, seems to be on the rise. It?s a trend that baffles medical researchers.

National Cancer Institute statistics suggest that in recent years the number of cases of this often curable cancer has increased by about 6.5%. Over a decade, that has added up to make thyroid cancer the fastest-increasing cancer, says Tod Huntley, an otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon with the Center for Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy in Indianapolis.

?Ten years ago, if I saw four new thyroid cancer patients a year, it would have been a lot,? says G. Irene Minor, a radiation oncologist with Indiana University Health Central Indiana Cancer Center. ?Now sometimes I see that many in a month, and I have seen three in a week.?

Thyroid cancer is more common in women younger than 45, Minor said. Doctors don?t know why that?s the case, but thyroid problems in general ? such as hyper- or hypo-thyroidism ? are more common in women.

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