Differentiated thyroid carcinoma presentation may be more aggressive in children and adolescents than in young adults

• Main Authors: Giuseppina Zirilli (Author), Laura Cannavò (Author), Francesco Vermiglio (Author), Maria Antonia Violi (Author), Filippo De Luca (Author), Malgorzata Wasniewska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The available studies concerning the influence of age on the phenotypical expression of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) have hitherto compared DTC presentation either between pre-pubertal and pubertal children or between pediatric patients and aged adults; aim of this stud...