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Thyroid cancer statistics - UK

Thyroid cancer statistics are presented in this section.

• In 2008, 2,154 people in the UK were diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
• Thyroid cancer caused 334 deaths in the UK in 2009.

Updated: 4 June 2010

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