The most common histologic type of thyroid cancer is
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- Medullary type
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- Follicular type
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- Papillary type
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- Anaplastic type
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- “Papillary carcinoma accounts for 80% of all thyroid malignancies in iodine-sufficient areas and is the predominant thyroid cancer in children and individuals exposed to external radiation.” - Schwartz
- Incidence of primary malignant tumors of thyroid gland (Harrison 17/e)
- Also remember
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Thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system (Ref: Harrison, 17/e, p 2243)