Is increasing incidence of thyroid cancer due to increased pathologic detection?
This study has confirmed an increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer over 4 decades. However, that increase appears to be due to an increase in the diagnosis of PMC associated with increased sampling of resected specimens by pathologists, raising the possibility that the current epidemic of thyroid cancer may be largely manmade.
Cardiotomy suction is a major cause of hemolysis and contributes significantly to the systemic inflammatory response.