Experts say that the increased occurrence of thyroid cancers may be the result of enhanced diagnostic tools; it is still premature to rule out other risk factors that may be involved.
The Annual Report to the Nation on the State of Cancer states that cancer as a cause of death over the last ten years has gone down 1.6 percent for men.
Betsy A. Kohler, President of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Inc (NAACCR) was quoted by KWTX.com as saying, "The greater decline in cancer death rates among men is due in large part to their substantial decrease in tobacco use. We need to enhance efforts to reduce tobacco use in women so that the rate of decline in cancer death rates becomes comparable to that of men."
The overall rate of cancer in women was found to be approximately half of the figure found in men. Women were observed over a period of 11 years. Recent incidence of breast cancer in women seems to have leveled off.
So far, the American Cancer Society says, measures to reduce use of tobacco, earlier detection of cancers as well as better modes of treatments look like they are doing a good job.
