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Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is rare in childhood, but is the most frequent tumor of endocrine glands in children and adolescents (0.2–0.5/100,000/year), and is more aggressive with regard to clinical course. Total thyroidectomy, followed by ablative radioiodine therapy, is recommended; on the other hand, less aggressive treatment modalities should be taken into consideration, due to the high life expectancy of these patients and the potential impairment of quality of life.
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Pizzoferro, M., Villani, M.F., Grossi, A., De Pasquale, D., Garganese, M.C. (2017). Endocrinology: Thyroid Carcinoma. In: Garganese, M., D'Errico, G. (eds) Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43181-9_23
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