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Diagnosis The patient may notice a lump herself on routine or casual self-examination. Sometimes it is detected by her general examination as part of clinical examination for other reasons or…

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Thyroid sarcoma These tumours are uncommon, but can be difficult to distinguish from anaplastic thyroid cancer or sarcomatoid variants of differentiated thyroid cancers. As they are radio-iodine insensitive, treatment is…

Differentiated thyroid cancer These tumours are divided into papillary and follicular thyroid cancers and are distinguished by their behavior, as they are sensitive to thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), take up…

Etiological factors Thyroid cancer shows two age-related peaks of incidence, one before the age of 40 and one after 60. The condition is approximately three times as common in women…

Introduction and epidemiology Thyroid cancer is a spectrum of tumours characterized by different biology and clinical behaviour. The presence of a micropapillary carcinoma of thyroid may have little impact on…