Re: Fallout blamed for thyroid cancer -Reply

[Andy Hull <hull@mail.sep.bnl.gov>]

Charles,
To my mind there is nothing necessarily mysterious about this.  The medical
profession may simultaneously be getting better at detecting and curing
thyroid cancer.
Andy

At 09:42 AM 9/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Otto,
>
>It is interesting that (according to the American Cancer Society) the
thyroid cancer
>incidence rate has increased while the thyroid cancer mortality rate has
dropped
>about 20 percent in 20 years.
>
>Charlie Willis
>caw@nrc.gov
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