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Thyroid follicular tumor refers to benign follicular adenoma and malignant follicular cancer. This chapter deals primarily with follicular cancer for which the diagnosis and treatment can be problematic. Follicular cancer is characterized by the following:

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  1. Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, 8-2-35 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0011, Japan

    Kaoru Kobayashi

  2. Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan

    Akira Yoshida

  3. Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

    Takehito Igarashi

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  1. Kaoru Kobayashi
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  1. Ito Hospital, 4-3-6 Jinguumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8308, Japan

    Hiroshi Takami

  2. , Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, 8-2-35 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0011, Japan

    Yasuhiro Ito

  3. Noguchi Thyroid Clinic and Hospital Foun, 6-33 Noguchinaka-machi, Beppu, 874-0932, Japan

    Hitoshi Noguchi

  4. , Department of Breast and Endocrine Surge, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 1-1-2 Nakao, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, 241-8515, Japan

    Akira Yoshida

  5. , Department of Endocrine Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada- cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan

    Takahiro Okamoto

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Kobayashi, K., Yoshida, A., Igarashi, T. (2013). Introduction. In: Takami, H., Ito, Y., Noguchi, H., Yoshida, A., Okamoto, T. (eds) Treatment of Thyroid Tumor. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54049-6_31

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