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ea0029p1836 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Histological features of thyroid cancer in childhood and adolescence

Chrisoulidou A , Vasileiadis T. , Iliadou P. , Mitsakis P. , Mathiopoulou L. , Mandanas S. , Boudina M. , Tziomalos K. , Michalakis K. , Pazaitou-Panayiotou K.

Introduction Thyroid cancer (TC) is rare in childhood. The aim of the present study was to describe the tumoral characteristics of children and adolescents with TC and to investigate the frequency of microcarcinomas in that population.Methods We studied the medical records of 101 children and adolescents (≤ 21 years-old) who were diagnosed with TC between January 1977 and December 2011 in Theagenio Cancer Hospital. The following characteristics wer...