Thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents
β Scribed by D. Danese; A. Gardini; A. Farsetti; S. Sciacchitano; M. Andreoli; A. Pontecorvi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 156
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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## Background: Because of its rarity there have been only a few detailed studies on differentiated thyroid carcinoma (dtc) in children. the current investigation was undertaken to assess the characteristics of dtc with respect to age, gender, and histology in children and adolescents. ## Methods:
The increase in the number of childhood thyroid carcinoma cases in Ukraine after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 prompted the development of a registry of thyroid carcinoma cases at the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Kiev. In the current study, the authors report the statistical