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Cáncer tiroideo - Prevención

Nombres alternativos

Tumor tiroideo; Cáncer de tiroides

Prevención:

No se conoce ninguna forma de prevención. Conocer el factor de riesgo (como la radioterapia previa), puede permitir el diagnóstico y el tratamiento más temprano.

Glándulas endocrinas

Tomografía computarizada de cáncer de tiroides

Glándula tiroides

Fecha de revisión: 3/24/2008
Versión en inglés revisada por:Stephen Grund, MD, PhD, Chief of Hematology/Oncology and Director of the George Bray Cancer Center at New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

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Sampson E, Brierley JD, Le LW, Rotstein L, Tsang RW. Clinical management and outcome of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer presenting with distant metastasis at diagnosis. Cancer. 2007;110:1451-1456.

Tuttle RM, Leboeuf R, Martorella AJ. Papillary thyroid cancer: monitoring and therapy. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2007;36:753-758.

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