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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
===Differentiated tumors=== | ===Differentiated tumors=== | ||
The differentiated thyroid cancers are:<ref name="pmid9445411">{{cite journal| author=Schlumberger MJ| title=Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1998 | volume= 338 | issue= 5 | pages= 297-306 | pmid=9445411 | |||
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* Papillary | * Papillary | ||
* Follicular | * Follicular | ||
===Poorly differentiated tumors=== | ===Poorly differentiated tumors=== | ||
* Medullary | * Medullary | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 13 April 2010
Classification
Differentiated tumors
The differentiated thyroid cancers are:[1]
- Papillary
- Follicular
Poorly differentiated tumors
- Medullary
- Anaplastic
Epidemiology
A study of autopsies in Finland found that 36% of subjects had papillary thyroid cancer.[2]
Thyroid cancer may be present 5-10% of patients with thyroid nodules including incidentalomas.[3]
Staging information
Thyroid cancer staging information from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query
Prognosis
References
- ↑ Schlumberger MJ (1998). "Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma.". N Engl J Med 338 (5): 297-306. PMID 9445411.
- ↑ 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]