Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas: A Comparative Study of the Characteristics and Risk Factors at Presentation in Two Cancer Registries | Zendy

Pasqualino Malandrino | Zendy; Gabriella Pellegriti | Zendy; Marco Attard | Zendy; Maria Antonia Violi | Zendy; Carla Giordano | Zendy; Laura Sciacca | Zendy; Concetto Regalbuto | Zendy; Sebastiano Squatrito | Zendy; Riccardo Vigneri | Zendy

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Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas: A Comparative Study of the Characteristics and Risk Factors at Presentation in Two Cancer Registries

Author(s) -

Pasqualino Malandrino,

Gabriella Pellegriti,

Marco Attard,

Maria Antonia Violi,

Carla Giordano,

Laura Sciacca,

Concetto Regalbuto,

Sebastiano Squatrito,

Riccardo Vigneri

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-3728

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , thyroid cancer , cancer registry , population , retrospective cohort study , sicilian , cancer , thyroid , pediatrics , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is an indolent neoplasia, often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Some PTMCs, however, exhibit a more aggressive behavior, frequently recur, and can even cause cancer-related death.

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