Thyroid Disease Around the World

Anastasios Maniakas; Louise Davies; Mark E Zafereo

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2018.01.014

Thyroid Disease Around the World

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2018 Jun;51(3):631-642. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Mar 13.

Authors

Anastasios Maniakas¹, Louise Davies², Mark E Zafereo³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, 5775 boul. Léger, Montréal, Québec, Canada H1G 1K7.
² Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
³ Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1445, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: mzafereo@mdanderson.org.

PMID: 29548512
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2018.01.014

Abstract

Thyroid disease is one of the most common pathologies in the world, with two of the most clinically important subgroups being iodine deficiency and thyroid goiter, and thyroid cancer. This review looks at the current state of thyroid disease in the world and evaluates the future direction in terms of thyroid disease treatment and prevention. Several of the most impactful epidemiologic studies are presented and analyzed, as well as a brief overview of the current socioeconomic burden of disease.

Keywords: Developed world; Developing world; Iodine deficiency; Low-resource setting; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid disease; Thyroid surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cost of Illness
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Goiter / epidemiology*
Goiter / therapy*
Humans
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / therapy*