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==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
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==Treatment== | |||
===Chemotherapy=== | |||
[[Chemotherapy]] is usually reserved for poorly differentiated tumors, medullary<ref name="urlMedullary Thyroid Cancer">{{cite web |url=http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thyroid/HealthProfessional/page8 |title=Medullary Thyroid Cancer |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=National Cancer Institute |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=2010-04-13}}</ref> and anaplastic<ref name="urlAnaplastic Thyroid Cancer">{{cite web |url=http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thyroid/HealthProfessional/page9 |title=Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=National Cancer Institute |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=2010-04-13}}</ref> thyroid cancer. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 13 April 2010
Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland.[1]
Classification
Differentiated tumors
The differentiated thyroid cancers are:[2]
- Papillary
- Follicular
Poorly differentiated tumors
- Medullary
- Anaplastic
Epidemiology
A study of autopsies in Finland found that 36% of subjects had papillary thyroid cancer.[3]
Thyroid cancer may be present 5-10% of patients with thyroid nodules including incidentalomas.[4]
Staging information
Thyroid cancer staging information from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query
Prognosis
Treatment
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is usually reserved for poorly differentiated tumors, medullary[5] and anaplastic[6] thyroid cancer.
References
- ↑ Sherman SI (2003). "Thyroid carcinoma.". Lancet 361 (9356): 501-11. PMID 12583960.
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Medullary Thyroid Cancer. National Cancer Institute. Retrieved on 2010-04-13.
- ↑ Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. National Cancer Institute. Retrieved on 2010-04-13.