Thyroid cancer epidemiology in Ireland from 1994 to 2019 - Rising diagnoses without mortality benefit.

Background: The epidemiology and management of thyroid cancer has changed radically in the recent past, with rising international incidence of early-stage papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in particular. In this paper, we review the epidemiology of thyroid cancer in Ireland.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of National Cancer Registry of Ireland data, 1994-2019.