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Thyroid Cancer
Research from Wakayama Medical University, Department of Pathology provides new data on thyroid cancer
July 13th, 2009
Research findings, 'Survival impact of psammoma body, stromal calcification, and bone formation in papillary thyroid carcinoma,' are discussed in a new report. "The presence of calcification is the most significant ultrasonographic finding in evaluating thyroid nodules. Calcifications are more frequently detected in papillary thyroid carcinoma than in other thyroid lesions," scientists in Wakayama, Japan report. "However, the clinical significance of calcification, including clinical correlations and impact on survival, and the molecular mechanism responsible for calcification in papillary thyroid carcinoma remain uncertain. We performed a retrospective study of...
Source: Clinical Oncology Week (2009-07-13)
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