Treating papillary and follicular thyroid cancer in children and young people: Single UK-center experience between 2003 and 2018

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in children and adolescents is rare and data about its presentation and management are not well known. The aim of this study was to provide evidence of the current practice in the United Kingdom before the launch of the Rare National Paediatric Endocrine Tumours G...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric surgery 2021-03, Vol.56 (3), p.534-539
Main Authors: de Jong, Mechteld C, Gaze, Mark N, Szychot, Elwira, Rozalén García, Virginia, Brain, Caroline, Dattani, Mehul, Spoudeas, Helen, Hindmarsh, Peter, Abdel-Aziz, Tarek E, Bomanji, Jamshed, Shankar, Ananth, Stoneham, Sara, Morley, Simon, Beale, Tim, Jawad, Susan, Otero, Sofia, Proctor, Ian, Amin, Sepideh, Butler, Gary, Hewitt, Richard J, Kurzawinski, Tom R
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Children
Differentiated thyroid cancer
Papillary thyroid cancer
Treatment
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Summary:Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in children and adolescents is rare and data about its presentation and management are not well known. The aim of this study was to provide evidence of the current practice in the United Kingdom before the launch of the Rare National Paediatric Endocrine Tumours Guidelines (to be published in 2020). Seventy-two children and adolescents with DTC (
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.07.034