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15th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

Changing character of thyroid cancer

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Changing character of thyroid cancer

Alevizaki Maria

Thyroid cancer (DTC) is diagnosed more frequently these days due to increased awareness, wider availability of detection tools and, possibly, to true increasing incidence. The epidemiology of DTC is thus changing and more ‘innocent’ tumours are now being detected. The management of thyroid cancer and nodules is evolving and much progress has recently been made in the diagnosis and follow-up. Management guidelines have recently been published by scientific bodies and ...