Thyroid carcinomas that express telomerase follow a more aggressive clinical course in children and adolescents
Straight A, Patel A, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle R, Francis G. Thyroid carcinomas that express telomerase follow a more aggressive clinical course in children and adolescents. Journal Of Endocrinological Investigation 2002, 25: 302-308. PMID: 12030599, DOI: 10.1007/bf03344009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFollicular thyroid carcinomaPapillary thyroid carcinomaThyroid carcinomaMalignant tumorsTelomerase expressionDisease-free survivalAggressive clinical courseChildhood thyroid cancerHigh recurrence riskYr of ageBenign thyroid lesionsLow telomerase expressionAutoimmune lesionsClinical courseDistant metastasisDirect invasionThyroid cancerBenign tumorsBlind examinerOriginal tumorBenign lesionsRecurrence riskTumorsThyroid lesionsCarcinoma