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Ankara University
Hurthle cell carcinoma clinicopathologic characteristics studied
June 2nd, 2006
The clinicopathologic characteristics of Hurthle cell carcinoma (HCC) of the thyroid were studied. "HCC of the thyroid is a variant of follicular cancer which has been considered by many as a more aggressive disease than the usual well-differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid. [The study's aim was] to investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment and outcome of HCC," scientists in Turkey reported. "During a 7-year period, 13 patients (7 male, 6 female; mean age at diagnosis 48.4±13.2 years) with HCC were treated and monitored at the Ankara University. The measured diameter of the tumours varied from 1 to 6 cm in diameter with...
Source: Medicine & Law Weekly (2006-06-02)
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