Age greater than 60 years portends a worse prognosis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer: should there be three age categories for staging?
Abstract Background Age is an important prognostic factor in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), with better survival observed in patients < 45 years of age, regardless of stage. Although the impact of increasing age on PTC-related survival is well-known, previous studies have focused on survival rel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Cancer |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4181-4 |