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Percutaneous Radiation Therapy

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Thyroid Cancer

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The basic properties of differentiated (papillary or follicular) thyroid carcinoma (DTC) are seemingly easy to summarize. Modern surgery and intensive care allow the removal of the primary tumor and possible metastases with very low complication rates. Due to the relatively benign tumor biology and the capacity of differentiated tumor tissue to concentrate radioiodine, prognosis is favorable even if there are lymph node or distant metastases.

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 15, 53127, Bonn, Germany

    H.-J. Biersack (Professor Dr. med.) (Professor Dr. med.)

  2. Abteilung für Nuklearmedizin, Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    F. Grünwald (Professor Dr. med.) (Professor Dr. med.)

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Puskás, C., Biermann, M., Willich, N., Schober, O. (2001). Percutaneous Radiation Therapy. In: Biersack, HJ., Grünwald, F. (eds) Thyroid Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04610-4_7

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