Actual causes of death in thyroid cancer patients in Korea: A Nationwide Case Control Cohort Study

Thyroid cancer (TC) incidence has increased robustly in Korea. However, the actual cause of death, overall mortality risk, and cause-specific mortality risk in TC patients have not been clearly elucidated.Retrospective cohort study.We analyzed 4082 TC patients from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening Cohort (NHIS-HEALS, 2002-2013) with a median of 48-month follow-up. We compared these patients with 12 246...