Papillary Cancer

Research from M. Fukushima et al has provided new information about papillary cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 8th, 2009

According to recent research published in the Endocrine Journal, "Macrofollicular variant is a rare entity of papillary carcinoma. We previously demonstrated that this variant accounts for 0.3% of papillary carcinoma in Japan."

"In this study, we investigated the biological characteristics of 5 cases of macrofollicular variant. We reviewed the diagnosis and clinical course of 5 patients with macrofollicular variant. On preoperative ultrasonographic study, 2 cases were diagnosed as having benign nodule and the remaining 3 suspected of having papillary carcinoma, although they lacked typical ultrasonographic findings of papillary carcinoma. Cytological findings...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-09-08)

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