Elevated thyroid cancer associated with salt iodine? The centers for disease control and prevention: there is no direct evidence

15:59 on May 18, 2016

Source: People's Daily online - health channel

PRC Beijing, May 18 (xinhua Wang Yupeng) according to the Chinese website of the centers for disease control and prevention, to have a saying "increased thyroid cancer associated with salt iodine excess", Chinese center for disease control and prevention said on May 16, there is no direct evidence that an increase in salt iodine and thyroid cancer is concerned.

In recent years, worldwide, no matter whether iodine supplement measures, regardless of the iodine intake is increased, a stable or falling, the incidence of thyroid cancer were increased, and the main is given priority to with tiny cancer is less than 1.0 cm in diameter increases.

Quite a number of thyroid cancer have the characteristics of inert progress, malignant degree is low, the prognosis is good. Listen to clinical physicians, the correct treatment or follow-up.

Thyroid carcinoma prevalence is higher in the crowd, secretiveness and not easy to be found, can accompany the life. According to some developed countries in the autopsy report, was undetected thyroid cancer prevalence rate is as high as 5.6% ~ 35.6%, the tiny cancer accounted for 67%.

Have studies suggest that the current "popular" part of the thyroid cancer due to thyroid screening, and the wide application of high resolution ultrasound of the hidden cancer or cancer overdiagnosis.

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Iodine is an essential part of human body metabolism and growth and development of micronutrients. Iodine deficiency disorders are caused by outside environment iodine deficiency, human body lack of iodine intake and a series of the floorboard of the disease. Eliminating idd in 2000 before in our country, the iodine deficiency area 5-15% in children with mild mental retardation (IQ 50-69 points), endemic cretinism in those with 6.6 ‰ (DaiSha disease), serious impact on the local population.

Most areas of China outside environment (water, soil, etc.) are almost iodine deficiency, especially mountains, hills, river valley, desertification region and fluvial iodine deficiency is more serious. External environment present situation of iodine deficiency are hard to change, if you stop to fill iodine, storage of iodine in the human body can maintain 2-3 months at most, the consumption of iodized salt to insist for a long time.