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Over the past two decades there has been almost three fold increase in incidence of thyroid cancer globally. Thyroid cancer is the second most common cancer amongst females in the UAE, accounting for approximately 10% of all cancers among females.
Female gender may be a risk factor and an age of less than 45 years can be considered an important prognostic factor, as well as a possible risk factor.[1] Although thyroid cancer has an overall good prognosis, early detection and management is the key.
According to Dr Yogesh More, Consultant Surgeon, SKMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, "there is a new variant of thyroid cancer (follicular), and although this was identified approximately 30 years ago, there has been an approx. 20% increase in the incidence of this particular variant of thyroid cancer today. This is one of the most commonly reported types of thyroid cancer and is known to be more aggressive than the standard papillary thyroid cancer."
Dr More will be speaking about the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the Arab region at the upcoming 12th Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Conference & Exhibition (ME-OTO) at Madinat Jumeirah Arena, Dubai, UAE, from 19-21 April 2015. The event will host 1,000s of healthcare professionals working in the otolaryngology, ENT and head & neck surgery fields in the Middle East region.
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