Table 1 |
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thy staging and risk of cancer |
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thy stage |
Risk of cancer |
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+thy3 i |
20-40% |
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+thy3 ii rag bag term |
Some risk of tumour less than i |
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*thy3 a |
Risk 20-25% adenomatous or hyperplastic |
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*thy3 b |
Risk 40-50% |
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thy4 |
80% risk total thyroidectomy suggested because of multifocality of disease |
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thy5 |
100% risk total thyroidectomy |
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*UCLH scale North Central London Thyroid Network Scale +BAETS scale |
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Upile et al. Head & Neck Oncology 2011 3:54 doi:10.1186/1758-3284-3-54 |
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