Hubungan Usia Terhadap Angka Kejadian Kanker Tiroid Di Rsup Dr Sardjito (INTISARI)

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN AGE AND THE INCIDENCE OF THYROID CANCER IN RSUP DR. SARDJITO Fadli Robby Amsriza1, Herjuna Hardianto2 Surgery Department1, Sub Division Oncology Sugery2 Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University - Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta ABSTRACT Background: The thyroid gland is the parts of the body that are rarely experienced malignancy, occurring 0.85% and 2.5% of all cancers in men and women. But in the endocrine glands, thyroid is the most common types of endocrine malignancy. Commonly, the thyroid cancer happened in the age over 45 years old. Objectives: Analyzing the correlation between age and the incidence of thyroid cancer in the RSUP DR Sardjito. Methods: The research is a quantitative research with cross sesctional design. The study was conducted on January 2013 to December 2013 at the RSUP Dr. Sardjito. The samples are all thyroid cancer patients (total sampling) were treated in hospital Dr. Sardjito in January 2013 - December 2013.The data analysis with spearman correlation. Results: The results showed the age group most thyroid cancer patients is 51-60 years as many as 6 cases (60%), followed by 61-70 years by 2 cases (20%), 31-40 years 1 case (10%), and> 70 years as much as 1 cases (10%). After analyzed with spearman correlation, the data showed that there is no correlation between age and the incidence of thyroid cancer(p=0,895). Keywords: Age, Thyroid Cancer.