2004
The MACIS Score Predicts the Clinical Course of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents
Powers PA, Dinauer CA, Tuttle RM, Francis GL. The MACIS Score Predicts the Clinical Course of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents. Journal Of Pediatric Endocrinology And Metabolism 2004, 17: 339-344. PMID: 15112910, DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2004.17.3.339.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
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