Journal
ENDOCRINE PATHOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 190-194Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-011-9176-5
Keywords
Thyroid carcinoma; Poorly differentiated carcinoma; Insular carcinoma; Tumor differentiation
Categories
Funding
- Italian Government MURST [20074zw8la]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The article reviews the controversial area of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Consensus criteria that define poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma have been published in 2007. According to these, poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma is a distinct histotype and the term poorly differentiated should not be used as a synonym for high-grade thyroid cancer. Data in the literature show that tumor necrosis and high mitotic activity, but not growth pattern or histologic subtype, are prognostic markers for thyroid tumors. This underscores the importance of grading to identify thyroid carcinomas that behave aggressively. The issue of grading versus typing thyroid tumors is discussed.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available