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ea0073aep664 | Thyroid | ECE2021

How Does Age Influence Disease Outcome in High Risk Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Cancer Patients?

Van Velsen Evert , Peeters Robin , Stegenga Merel , van Kemenade Folkert , van Ginhoven Tessa , Verburg Frederik , W. Edward Visser

BackgroundThe 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) Risk Stratification System for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is designed to predict response to therapy and recurring disease. Although age is not incorporated as a risk factor, recent research suggests that the addition of age can improve this system. However, these studies comprised low number of patients with ATA High Risk, low numbers of patients with follicular thyroid cancer (FTC), and did...