Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

Epidemiology¹

• thyroid cancers in general:
  • 2.5% of all cancers in the US
  • 2009 incidence: 37,200
  • 2009 death rate: 1,630
• ATC:
  • 1-2% of all thyroid cancers in the US
  • 0.12 per 100,000 person-years (SEER)
  • total incidence rising over time (SEER)
    • likely not just better screening or detection