Open AccessShould Age at Diagnosis Be Included as an Additional Variable in the Risk of Recurrence Classification System in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Author(s) -
Fabián Pitoia,
Fernando Jerkovich,
Anabella Smulever,
Gabriela Brenta,
Fernanda Bueno,
Graciela Cross
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000453450
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , retrospective cohort study , analysis of variance , age groups , thyroidectomy , thyroid , cohort , pediatrics , surgery , demography , sociology
To evaluate the influence of age at diagnosis on the frequency of structural incomplete response (SIR) according to the modified risk of recurrence (RR) staging system from the American Thyroid Association guidelines.