Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

Background: Sex dimorphism strongly impacts tumor biology, with most cancers having a
male predominance. Uniquely, thyroid cancer (TC) is the only nonreproductive cancer with …

Background. Multivariate analyses in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) have shown that
age, tumor size, local invasion and distant metastasis are independent predictive variables …

Context: Thyroid cancer predominately affects women, carries a worse prognosis in older
age, and may have higher mortality in men. Superimposed on these observations is the fact …

Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer lesions often lose the ability to concentrate radioactive
[131I] iodine (RAI) and exhibit increased metabolic activity, as evidenced by enhanced …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis The outcome in differentiated thyroid cancer generally
depends on the stage of the disease at the time of presentation; prognostic factors such as …

Solid variant is a rare and poorly characterized variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. In this
study we analyzed 20 primary cases of the solid variant of papillary carcinoma found in a …

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma originates from thyroid follicular cells and is the most
prominent malignancy of the endocrine organs. There are two histological types of …

Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

Background Previous studies have shown that lymph node metastasis can be of prognostic
value. In this study, we investigated the clinical significance of node metastasis focusing on …