title: [Prognostic factors in well-differentiated thyroid cancers].
abstract: Although well differentiated thyroid carcinoma is usually associated with a favorable outcome, a small percentage of patients die from their cancer. In order to determine the risks for a specific patient, various prognostic scores have been established. The more famous are AMES, AGES, the score designed by the EORTC classification and an other by WHO based on TNM classification. From these studies, two clinical criteria have the best prognostic value: age at the time of diagnosis and stage of the disease. Other factors, less effective in predicting the prognosis are the degree of histological differentiation of the tumor, sex of the patient and nodal status.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal (Québec), Canada.
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authors.lastname: Boucher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Facteurs pronostiques des cancers thyroïdiens bien différenciés.