Differentiated nonmedullary thyroid cancers (DTCs) are highly differentiated tumors that in most of the cases have a very good prognosis but may sometimes lead the patient to death despite aggressive treatments. Many classifications exist that stratify the clinical risk of recurrence or death in patients with DTC through several prognostic factors, which are often diagnosed after surgical treatment. This chapter aims to give a description of the two main categories of prognostic characteristics that are currently used by those involved in the treatment of DTC: the clinicopathological factors and the molecular ones.
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma: Prognostic stratification and molecular classification
Minuto M. N.;Varaldo E.;Talamo G.
2013-01-01
Abstract
Differentiated nonmedullary thyroid cancers (DTCs) are highly differentiated tumors that in most of the cases have a very good prognosis but may sometimes lead the patient to death despite aggressive treatments. Many classifications exist that stratify the clinical risk of recurrence or death in patients with DTC through several prognostic factors, which are often diagnosed after surgical treatment. This chapter aims to give a description of the two main categories of prognostic characteristics that are currently used by those involved in the treatment of DTC: the clinicopathological factors and the molecular ones.
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