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Thyroid cancer in children, pregnant women, and patients with Graves' disease
1Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
Differentiated thyroid cancer may have a different clinical course when it develops in children, pregnant women, and patients with Graves' disease. Thyroid nodules which develop in these patients appear to have a greater risk of malignancy and should be evaluated aggressively. Treatment in all cases includes operation followed by radioactive iodine ablation (in the nonpregnant patient) and thyroid hormone suppression. Follow-up, including serum Tg and yearly thyroid scans, should be continued as long as possible.