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Turin criteria

Thursday 8 December 2016

Turin proposal ; Turin classification

The poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) are aggressive thyroid tumors associated with a high mortality rate of 38-57 % and almost 100 % respectively.

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 Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: 5 years after the 2004 WHO classification of endocrine tumours.
Volante M, Papotti M.
Endocr Pathol. 2010 Mar;21(1):1-6. doi : 10.1007/s12022-009-9100-4
PMID: 19960273

 Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: 5 years after the 2004 WHO classification of endocrine tumours.
Volante M, Papotti M.
Endocr Pathol. 2010 Mar;21(1):1-6. doi : 10.1007/s12022-009-9100-4
PMID: 19960273

 Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: the Turin proposal for the use of uniform diagnostic criteria and an algorithmic diagnostic approach.
Volante M, Collini P, Nikiforov YE, Sakamoto A, Kakudo K, Katoh R, Lloyd RV, LiVolsi VA, Papotti M, Sobrinho-Simoes M, Bussolati G, Rosai J.
Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Aug;31(8):1256-64.
PMID: 17667551

 Prognostic factors of clinical interest in poorly differentiated carcinomas of the thyroid.
Volante M, Cavallo GP, Papotti M.
Endocr Pathol. 2004 Winter;15(4):313-7. Review.
PMID: 15681855