Imaging of pediatric thyroid tumors: A COG Diagnostic Imaging Committee/SPR Oncology Committee White Paper

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Squires JH, Martinez-Rios C, Davis JC, Dietz KR, Epelman MS, Lai HA, Lim-Dunham JE, McDaniel JD, Mhlanga JC, Pandit-Taskar N, Parisi MT, Trout AT, Weidman EK, Alazraki AL. Imaging of pediatric thyroid tumors: A COG Diagnostic Imaging Committee/SPR Oncology Committee White Paper. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jun;70 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):e29957. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29957. Epub 2022 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 36165682; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10658740.

Abstract

Pediatric thyroid cancer is rare in children, however incidence is increasing. Papillary thyroid cancer and follicular thyroid cancer are the most common subtypes, comprising about 90% and 10% of cases respectively. This manuscript provides consensus imaging recommendations for evaluation of pediatric patients with thyroid cancer at diagnosis and during follow-up.

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