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Follicular Thyroid Tumors

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Synonyms

Anaplastic thyroid carcinomas; Follicular thyroid adenomas; Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Definition

Are tumors derived from the thyrocyte, the cellular unit of thyroid follicle. These tumors include benign adenomas, papillary and follicular carcinomas, two entities considered as differentiated carcinomas, and undifferentiated or anaplastic carcinomas.

Characteristics

Clinical thyroid nodules, which are the consequence of abnormal localized growth of the thyroid tissue, are detected in 4–7 % of the general population in an iodine sufficient area. The prevalence is higher in countries affected by moderate or severe iodine deficiency. Infraclinical nodules are even more common, depending on the techniques used for screening, and ultrasonography detects nodules in more than 50 % of women older than 60 years. About 5 % of thyroid nodules are malignant. The annual incidence of thyroid carcinoma, the most common malignancies of endocrine organs, ranges...

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  1. Department of Clinical Biology, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 94805, Villejuif, France

    Jean-Michel Bidart

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Referral Center for Refractory Thyroid Tumors, Institut National du Cancer, Institut Gustave Roussy, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France

    Martin Schlumberger

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  1. Abt. Tumorgenetik, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany

    Manfred Schwab

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Bidart, JM., Schlumberger, M. (2014). Follicular Thyroid Tumors. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_2241-2

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