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==Classification== | |||
===Differentiated tumors=== | |||
* Papillary | |||
* Follicular | |||
===Poorly differentiated tumors=== | |||
* Medullary | |||
* Anaplastic | |||
==Epidemiology== | ==Epidemiology== | ||
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===Staging information=== | ===Staging information=== | ||
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==Prognosis== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 16:52, 13 April 2010
Classification
Differentiated tumors
- Papillary
- Follicular
Poorly differentiated tumors
- Medullary
- Anaplastic
Epidemiology
A study of autopsies in Finland found that 36% of subjects had papillary thyroid cancer.[1]
Thyroid cancer may be present 5-10% of patients with thyroid nodules including incidentalomas.[2]
Staging information
Thyroid cancer staging information from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query
Prognosis
References
- ↑ Harach HR, Franssila KO, Wasenius VM (August 1985). "Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. A "normal" finding in Finland. A systematic autopsy study". Cancer 56 (3): 531–8. PMID 2408737. [e]
- ↑ Tan GH, Gharib H (February 1997). "Thyroid incidentalomas: management approaches to nonpalpable nodules discovered incidentally on thyroid imaging". Ann. Intern. Med. 126 (3): 226–31. PMID 9027275. [e]