Expression of somatostatin receptors may guide the use of somatostatin receptor imaging and therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer

Giorgio Treglia, Guido Rindi, Vittoria Rufini

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Thyroid carcinoma is the most frequent type of endocrine tumour. Most differentiated thyroid cancers (DTCs) have an excellent prognosis if diagnosed early and treated appropriately. Nevertheless, a number of patients with DTCs do not achieve remission after thyroidectomy …

Differentiated thyroid cancer in children and adults: same or distinct disease?

Barbara Jarzab, Daria Handkiewicz-Junak

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Differentiated thyroid cancer (Dtc) is a rare disease, especially in children. Differences in the biology and clinical course of Dtc in children, when compared with adults, may be related both to pathogenesis as well as to clinical outcome of the disease. In childhood, the thyroid gland exhibits higher susceptibility to the carcinogenetic …

Differentiated thyroid cancer in childhood: a literature update

Olga Karapanou, Marinella Tzanela, Barbara Vlassopoulou, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein

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Differentiated thyroid cancer in childhood is rare. Apart from family history, radiation exposure is a major risk factor. Although its clinical course is quite aggressive with higher rates of lymph node and pulmonary metastases as compared to adults, the final outcome tends to be favorable with mortality rates less than 2% …

Thyroid hemiagenesis, Graves’ disease and differentiated thyroid cancer: a very rare association: case report and review of literature

Alfredo Campennì, Salvatore Giovinazzo, Lorenzo Curtò, Ernesto Giordano, Maria Trovato, Rosaria M. Ruggeri, Sergio Baldari

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OBJECTIVE: Thyroid hemiagenesis is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the absence of a lobe and/or of isthmus. Studies on the association between thyroid hemiagenesis, Graves’ disease and differentiated thyroid cancer are rare …