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ea0029p1812 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Morphology and metastatic potential of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Abrosimov A. , Kozhushnaya S. , Lushnikov E.

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a malignant tumor of follicular cell origin that is characterized by a broad diversity of morphological features. There are 15 different histological types of PTC in the recent edition of WHO classification. Morphology of PTC is important to estimate a metastatic potential of tumor and to make an accurate prognosis of clinical behaviour.Objective of the work is to study a relationship between frequency of regional met...