Thyroid cancer in children: A multicenter international study highlighting clinical features and surgical outcomes of primary and secondary tumors

• Main Authors: Cristina Martucci (Author), Alessandro Crocoli (Author), Maria Debora De Pasquale (Author), Claudio Spinelli (Author), Silvia Strambi (Author), Paolo Brazzarola (Author), Eleonora Morelli (Author), Jessica Cassiani (Author), Juliana Mancera (Author), Juan Pablo Luengas (Author), Pablo Lobos (Author), Daniel Liberto (Author), Estefanìa Astori (Author), Sabine Sarnacki (Author), Vincent Couloigner (Author), François Simon (Author), Cassandre Lambert (Author), Simone de Campos Vieira Abib (Author), Onivaldo Cervantes (Author), Eliana Caran (Author), Diana Delgado Lindman (Author), Matthew O. Jones (Author), Rajeev Shukla (Author), Paul D. Losty (Author), Alessandro Inserra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background:Thyroid gland malignancies are rare in pediatric patients (0.7% of tumors); only 1.8% are observed in patients aged <20 years, with a higher prevalence recorded in women and adolescents. Risk factors include genetic syndromes, MEN disorders, autoimmune diseases, and exposure to ionizin...