Search for dissertations about: "Follicular: radiotherapy"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Follicular: radiotherapy.

  2. 1. Incidence and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer in Sweden

    Author : Catharina Ihre Lundgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Differentiated thyroid cancer; papillary; follicular; nested case-control study; population-based; risk factors; prognosis; survival; TNM.;

    Abstract : Non-medullary differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a rare disorder but, nevertheless, among the most common cancers in individuals below 40 years of age. DTC consists of papillary (PTC) and follicular (FTC) thyroid cancer. The prognosis is excellent with an overall 10-year survival of 90 %. READ MORE

  4. 2. Thyroid cancer : studies on etiology and prognosis

    Author : Arne Hallquist; Lennart Hardell; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Thyroid cancer; prognostic factors; etiology; occupation; medical ionizing radiation; reproductive; and family factors;

    Abstract : Thyroid cancer constitutes about 1% of all malignant tumours and the incidence is increasing in Sweden. It is rare in children before the age of 10. During puberty the female to male ratio increases to be two to three times more common in females. The ratio remains constant until menopause and thereafter declines. READ MORE