Thyroid Cancer: Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment, and Management
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 36121
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Interests: thyroid cancer; cytokines; molecular biology; autoimmunity; nanoparticles
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Dear Colleagues,
Thyroid cancers (TC) are malignancies occurring at any geographical latitude and involving any age and sex group. However, highest diffusion of TC appears dependent on man-made nuclear accidents and natural disasters caused by volcanic eruptions. Further, TC emerge more frequently in woman after age 30.
Clinically, TC appear quite as nodular lesions. Early diagnosis is assisted by conventional ultrasound (US) and US elastography information. Cytological examinations combined with authentication of molecular biomarkers are essential for precise diagnosis. Precocious diagnosis of thyroid nodules has increased the percentage of TC incidence. However, the mortality rate has not decreased.
Histological identification of TC variants is the best know prognostic factor. Mainly, both follicular and parafollicular cells develop TC. Follicular TC include well differenced thyroid carcinomas (WDTC) and anaplastic carcinomas (ATC). Parafollicular TC make up medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTC). Overall, WDTC display good prognosis, ATC poor prognosis and MTC relatively poor prognosis.
Total or near total thyroidectomy is still the most common therapeutic treatment.
Aim of this special issue is to provide an overview of diagnostic and prognostic factors for TC. In order to find adequate diagnostic and prognostic protocols, we are focusing on geographical diffusion, molecular biomarkers and therapeutic approaches of TC.
Dr. Maria Trovato
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thyroid carcinomas
- well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas
- diagnostic biomarkers
- prognostic biomarkers
- therapeutic approaches
- volcanic eruption
- nuclear accidents
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