[Differentiated cancer of the thyroid: prognostic aspects].
Ten-year span survival from differentiated thyroid cancer has been reported as ranging around 90%. Prognostic factors to be regarded as positive elements are young age, lack of lymph node and hematogenous metastasis, size < 4 cm, and low grading. The Authors investigate those features that have seemed to affect morbidity rate and long-term survival from differentiated thyroid cancer (T, N, M, age, sex, ploidy, benign thyroid lesions, etc.). The Authors deem the appreciation of such prognostic factors as being conducive to a better selection of treatments for any patient in terms of survival span and quality of life.
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