Patient Age Is Significantly Related to the Progression of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid Under Observation

Background: We showed previously that subclinical low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) could be observed without immediate surgery. Patient age is an important prognostic factor of clinical papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In this study, we investigated how patient age influences the o...

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Main Authors: Ito, Yasuhiro, Miyauchi, Akira, Kihara, Minoru, Higashiyama, Takuya, Kobayashi, Kaoru, Miya, Akihiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2014
Subjects:
Thyroid Cancer and Nodules
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3887422/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24001104
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/thy.2013.0367
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