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Thyroid Cancer

Kenny Lee, Catherine Anastasopoulou  1 , Chandriya Chandran  2 , Sebastiano Cassaro  3
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Thyroid cancer is a malignancy of the thyroid parenchymal cells. The thyroid parenchyma consists of two major cell types, the thyroid follicular cells that give rise to differentiated thyroid cancer(DTC) and the parafollicular or C-cells that give rise to medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). DTC comprises papillary thyroid cancer(PTC), follicular thyroid cancer(FTC), and Hurthle cell cancer which account for 90-95% of all thyroid malignancies. MTC accounts for around 1 to 2%, and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma accounts for less than 1% of all thyroid cancers

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Disclosure: Kenny Lee declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Catherine Anastasopoulou declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Chandriya Chandran declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Sebastiano Cassaro declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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