Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Variants
Keywords: Papillary thyroid carcinoma , Follicular variant , Tall cell, Columnar cell, BRAF mutation, RET/PTC, HMGA2 Introduction Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of malignant thyroid tumor constituting more than 70% of thyroid malignancies [1, 2]. There has been an increasing incidence of PTC worldwide for the past few ...
While papillary thyroid carcinoma tends to have an excellent prognosis, certain histologic variants have been shown to have more aggressive clinical courses. As such, determining the microscopic subtype of a papillary thyroid cancer is an important step in determining prognosis.
Incidence and Mortality Risk Spectrum Across Aggressive Variants of ...
How do aggressive variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), typically consolidated as a single intermediate-risk group, differ among histologic subtypes?This cohort study of 5447 patients found that, between 2000 and 2016, annualized growth in incidence ...
This cohort study uses data from multiple US registries to analyze incidence, clinicopathologic characteristics, and outcomes for aggressive variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma .
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Oncocytic changes can be seen in other thyroid cancer (Hürthle cell carcinoma , medullary carcinoma ) and in other variants of papillary carcinoma (tall cell variant , Warthin-like variant )
The variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma were classified based on their histopathological features. Data were recorded in a structured format and subsequently entered into a database for analysis.
Abstract Fine needle cytology (FNC) is a crucial procedure in the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid tumors. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), in its classic variant (cPTC), is the most common malignant neoplasm of the thyroid . Several histological variants of PTC have been described, each one with its own characteristics and prognosis.
Purpose To investigate the pathological characteristics of aggressive variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and evaluate the efficacy of radioiodine (RAI) therapy for these variants . Methods We analysed 129 patients with aggressive variants of PTC and compared them to those of 4460 patients with non-aggressive variants . And we examined the efficacy of RAI therapy in 70 eligible ...
An Algorithmic Approach to Defining Variants of Papillary Thyroid ...
Thyroid gland - Microcarcinoma variant (PTMC) The most common variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma in the United States The majority are indolent but some can exhibit malignant behavior No definite biological or clinical parameters currently exist to distinguish indolent from potentially aggressive papillary thyroid microcarcinoma Active surveillance may be considered as an alternative to ...
