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Risk-profile and outcome of small papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas (<or=1 cm)
K Rahbar1, V Hutzenlaub, R-J Fischer
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. rahbar@uni-muenster.de
Aim:
According to the procedure guidelines of the German Society of Nuclear Medicine no radioiodine ablation is necessary in patients with papillary microcarcinomas in case of limited surgical resection. Few data are available with respect to the optimal management of patients with small follicular thyroid carcinomas. It was the aim to compare risk-profile and outcome of patients with small papillary (PTC) and follicular thyroid carcinomas (FTC)
Patients, Methods:
1594 patients with thyroid cancer were attended at our department between 1995 and 2006. For the subgroup of 383 patients with small PTC and FTC
Results:
A total of 361 patients had PTC and 22 FTC
Conclusion:
Our data show no statistically significant differences in the risk-profile and outcome of patients with small PTC and FTC
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