These PowerPoint presentations overview the different types of thyroid cancer as well as approaches to its diagnosis and management.
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- THYROID CANCER ANATOMY
- Thyroid cancer epidemiology
- Pathology
- Follicular cell origin (FCDC)
- Parafollicular (C cells) – medullary
- FCDC
- Papillary (and follicular variant – FVPTC) (most)
- Follicular
- Oxyphilic (Hurthle cell)
- Anaplastic
- Diagnosis
- History/examination (MEN, MTC FH)
- TNM staging system
- Ultrasound-guided FNAB of clinical or radiologically detected mass
- Thyroid and Neck ultrasound
- Serum Ca 2+
- CT scan neck/superior mediastinum/chest
- ENT exam (vocal cords)
- Well Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma PTC
- INDICATIONS FOR EBRT RADICAL RT
- MEDULLARY CARCINOMA
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Lecture outline:
Classification & Incidence of Thyroid Cancer:
Follicular cell origin
Differentiated
Papillary 80%
Follicular 10%
Hurthle cell 3-5%
Undifferentiated
Anaplastic 1-2%
Parafollicular cell origin
– Medullary 5%
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
MEN IIA
Lymphoma of the Thyroid
Evaluating a thyroid nodule
Which of the following are concerning findings on ultrasound?
Prognostic Risk Classification for Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (AMES or AGES)
Clinical cases