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[Status in clinical and molecular characteristics of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents].
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] - 1 Sept 2023
Wang Z H, Zhang H
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The epidemiological, clinical, and molecular characteristics of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) in children and adolescents are different from those in adults. The incidence of DTC in children and adolescents is very low, with high rates of lymph node metastasis, extra-thyroidal extension and recurrence, but mortality is lower than that in adults. Younger children with DTC tend to show a higher rate of...
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