Age Disparities in Referrals to Specialist Surgical Care for Papillary Thyroid Cancer

A. Machens (1) , H. Dralle (1)

1 Department of General

Referrals to specialist surgical care for papillary thyroid cancer are significantly influenced by patient age and the presence of lymph node metastases. This study sought to clarify whether younger patients with papillary thyroid camncer are referred more often because of their more frequent and more numerous lymph node metastases or because of age alone.

Mots clés: Papillary Thyroid Cancer; Extent of Disease; Lymph Node Metastasis; Age Disparities

A. Machens, H. Dralle. Age Disparities in Referrals to Specialist Surgical Care for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2009, 35 (12), pp.1312. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2009.07.008⟩. ⟨hal-00556318⟩