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thyroid carcinoma


  • papillary-follicular (75%)
    • well-differentiated
    • 95% 5-yr survival with treatment
    • papillary --> neck nodes
    • follicular --> lungs, bone (hematogenous)

  • anaplastic (20%)
    • older pts
    • prognosis poor

  • medullary (5%)
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Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  8 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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