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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0001-6002</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. costarric]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0001-6002</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0001-60022018000300121</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Incidencia y mortalidad del cáncer de tiroides en Costa Rica 1990-2014]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Incidence and Mortality of Thyroid Cancer in Costa Rica, 1990-2014]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivera-Meza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Evans-Meza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ronald]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bonilla-Carrión]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roger]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz-Porras]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexander]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Dr. William Allen Taylor  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Hispanoamericana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital San Juan de Dios  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>121</fpage>
<lpage>126</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0001-60022018000300121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0001-60022018000300121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0001-60022018000300121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Justificación y objetivo: Determinar la incidencia y mortalidad del cáncer de tiroides en Costa Rica 1990-2014.  Metodología: Investigación descriptiva observacional de corte transversal. El estudio fue realizado en los costarricenses con diagnóstico (7 265 casos nuevos) y muerte (382 defunciones) de cáncer de tiroides, en el periodo 1990-2014. La información se obtuvo de las bases de datos del Centro Centroamericano de la Población, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo y el Registro Nacional de Tumores, usando los códigos de Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades 9 y 10. Se hace el cálculo de tasas ajustadas por 100 000 habitantes, porcentajes y años de vida potencialmente perdidos.  Resultados: La mortalidad por cáncer de tiroides en Costa Rica mostró una tendencia al ascenso leve durante el periodo de 1990 a 2014. Predomina en el sexo femenino, con una razón de 3:1 y afecta principalmente a la población mayor de 60 años, con tasas mayores en las provincias de Cartago, San José y Heredia. La incidencia, de igual manera, tuvo una tendencia al ascenso, en este caso moderada, al igual que se observó para los años de vida potencialmente perdidos.  Conclusión: La mortalidad, la incidencia y los años de vida potencialmente perdidos por cáncer de tiroides en Costa Rica presentan tendencia al ascenso a lo largo del periodo de estudio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background and Aim: To determine the incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer in Costa Rica from 1990 to 2014.  Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional observational research. The study was performed in Costa Ricans with diagnosis (7 265 new cases) and death (382 deaths) of thyroid cancer, in the period 1990-2014. The information was obtained from the databases of the Central American Population Center, the National Institute of Statistics and Census and the National Registry of Tumors, using the International Classification of Diseases 9 and 10. Calculation of adjusted rates by 100 000 inhabitants, percentages and years of life potentially lost was obtained.  Results: Mortality from thyroid cancer in Costa Rica showed a slight upward trend during the period from 1990 to 2014. It was predominant in females, with a ratio of 3: 1 and affected mainly the population over 60 years old, with higher rates in the provinces of Cartago, San José and Heredia. The incidence, in the same way, had a tendency to rise, moderately, just as it was observed for the years of life potentially lost.  Conclusion: Mortality, incidence and years of life potentially lost due to thyroid cancer in Costa Rica present a tendency to rise throughout the study period.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[neoplasias de la tiroides]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cáncer tiroideo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thyroid neoplasm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thyroid cancer]]></kwd>
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