Older age marker may be more appropriate for papillary thyroid cancer prognosis
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Although age 45 is used to establish staging in well-differentiated papillary thyroid cancer using the American Joint Committee on Cancer and the International Union Against Cancer TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM) staging system, a new study suggests that > 65 may be a more accurate age marker for prognosis.