An overview of the management of papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma

EL MAZZAFERRI - Thyroid, 1999 - liebertpub.com
Long-term survival rate for papillary and follicular carcinoma is more than 90%, but this
varies considerably among subsets of patients. About 30% of patients, however, develop …

Long-term impact of initial surgical and medical therapy on papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

EL Mazzaferri, SM Jhiang - The American journal of medicine, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract purpose: To determine the long-term impact of medical and surgical treatment of
well differentiated papillary and follicular thyroid cancer. methods: Patients with papillary …

Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma

MJ Schlumberger, M Torlantano - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2000 - Elsevier
Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas are among the most curable of all cancers.
However, some patients are at high risk of recurrence or even death from their cancer. Most …

Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma

MJ Schlumberger - New england journal of medicine, 1998 - Mass Medical Soc
Papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid carcinomas are among the most curable
cancers. However, some patients are at high risk for recurrent disease or even death. Most …

Papillary and follicular thyroid cancer: impact of treatment in 1578 patients

WJ Simpson, T Panzarella, JS Carruthers… - International Journal of …, 1988 - Elsevier
We report the experience from 13 Canadian radiotherapy centres concerning the treatment
and outcome for 1074 papillary and 504 follicular thyroid cancer patients followed for 4–24 …

The effects of surgery, radioiodine, and external radiation therapy on the clinical outcome of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

RW Tsang, JD Brierley, WJ Simpson… - … Journal of the …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic factors for local failure
and cause specific survival in differentiated thyroid carcinoma and the impact of surgery …

Current approaches to primary therapy for papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

EL Mazzaferri, RT Kloos - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Papillary and follicular thyroid cancer, together referred to as differentiated thyroid cancer
(DTC), is usually curable when discovered at an early stage. Its management, however, is …

Diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of follicular thyroid carcinoma

GT Emerick, QY Duh, AE Siperstein, GN Burrow… - Cancer, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Background. There have been numerous studies concerning the diagnosis, treatment, and
prognosis of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma, but relatively few addressing patients …

Follicular thyroid carcinoma: prognostic factors and the role of radioiodine

SM Chow, SCK Law, WM Mendenhall… - … Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the patterns of recurrence,
various prognostic factors, and the role of radioiodine in the treatment of patients with …

Prognostic indices for tumor relapse and tumor mortality in follicular thyroid carcinoma

HW Mueller‐Gaertner, HT Brzac, W Rehpenning - Cancer, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
To establish an objective basis for therapeutic decisions and follow‐up programs in patients
with follicular thyroid cancer, the authors developed a prognostic scoring system. The …