Abstract

SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Thyroid cancer recurs in almost 40% of elderly patients, and while recurrence is accompanied by an increased mortality risk, this seems to be confined to the subset of patients with papillary thyroid cancer, according to researchers from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. "Elderly patients with follicular disease and recurrence did not have a significantly different risk of death compared to patients without recurrences," said lead author...