Abstract
Thyroid carcinoma is a rare disease in children, and is mostly of the papillary histological type. Lymph node metastases are frequent at diagnosis, being present in 23 to 74% of the cases and can reveal the cancer in about one fourth of cases. Lung metastases are present at initial diagnosis in 6 to 20% of cases. The main known risk factor for thyroid cancer is a previous history of radiation exposure. Treatment includes surgery with total thyroidectomy and lymph node dissection and radioiodine therapy in case of extensive disease and distant metastases. Life-long thyroxine treatment is given to all patients. Long term prognosis is favourable, but thyroid cancer related deaths have been reported some decades after initial treatment.
Translated title of the contribution | Differentiated thyroid cancer in childhood |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 1093-1099 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Bulletin du Cancer |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |