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Differentiated thyroid cancer in children and adults: same or distinct disease?
Hormones (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Jarzab Barbara, Handkiewicz-Junak Daria
Abstract excerpt
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 effect of ionizating radiation than in adulthood. Papillary thyroid cancer...
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