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Introduction The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased over the previous decade. The 5- and 10-year relative survival rates for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are 90–95% ( 1 , 2 ). Distant metastasis occurs in 5–20% of
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Introduction Bone metastasis is the second most common type of distant metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) after lung metastasis, with an incidence of 2–13%, strongly suggesting a poor prognosis ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
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available 1/24 1/26 FNA-Tg, thyroglobulin in needle washouts from fine-needle aspiration biopsy; DTC, differentiated thyroid carcinoma; AJCC/UICC TNM, American Joint Committee on Cancer/International Union against Cancer TNM Classification System for
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Introduction Thyroid cancer (TC) is becoming epidemic, growing in incidence both nationally and internationally ( 1 ). Nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) makes up over 95% of all cases, making it the most common endocrine malignancy ( 2
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Introduction One of the most common types of endocrine cancer, especially in young women, is thyroid cancer ( 1 ). More than 90% of all thyroid cancers are differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC), including papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and
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Introduction The incidence of thyroid cancer (THCA) ranks first among head and neck cancers ( 1 ). Thyroid cancer can be divided into four histological types: papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), follicular carcinoma, anaplastic carcinoma, and
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Introduction The incidence-based mortality rates of thyroid cancer continued to increase over the past few decades, with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) being the most common histology ( 1 ). Recurrent or persistent metastasis of the neck lymph
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dissected cervical nodes, however, a discrepancy may exist between the absolute number of positive nodes and the substantive extent of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) node metastasis ( 1 , 2 , 6 ). Therefore, the NR, defined as the absolute number of
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of patients with papillary thyroid cancer and number of patients with follicular thyroid cancer. Poorly differentiated or Hürthle or aggressive variants. Sample size included in Tg-DT calculation. Follow-up in years. Number of
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Introduction Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common thyroid cancer. Metastases from PTC most commonly involve the cervical lymph nodes (CLNs). The incidence of CLN metastases (CLNM) is reported between 30 and 80% (1, 2) . Some studies