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ea0037ep878 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2015

Female male ratio in thyroid cancer

Ozmen Sevilay , Calik Ilknur , Arslan Aynur , Timur Ozge , Sevimli Hakan , Carlioglu Ayse , Durmaz Senay Arikan , Kurt Ali , Erdogan Fazli

Aim: 402 patients who were admitted and FNA was done in the Endocrinology Clinic at EBEAH were enrolled in this study. 340 (85%) of them were females and 62 (15%) of them were males. The age range was between 16 and 82. There weren’t any statistical differences in age between both sexes. Thyroid cancer is reported to constitute <2% of cancers in humans. At the same time, it is the most lethal endocrine malignancy. In the literature it is stated that 3% of all cancers ...