TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey on Paediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Care in Europe
AU - Dekker, Bernadette L.
AU - Newbold, Kate L.
AU - Führer, Dagmar
AU - Waguespack, Steven G.
AU - Handkiewicz-Junak, Daria
AU - Links, Thera P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Background/Aims: Thyroid cancer among children is a very rare disease. Although survival is favourable, morbidity caused by the treatment remains considerable, so there is a great need to optimize management by international cooperation. For this reason, the 2016 European Thyroid Association- Cancer Research Network (ETA-CRN) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, paid considerable attention to this topic and aimed to give an overview of the care for this paediatric patient group in different European countries. Methods: An inventory of data on thyroid cancer treatment among children in Europe was generated by questionnaires focused on treatment and organization of care. Results: The treatment of paediatric thyroid cancer appears to be scattered in each European country with limited centralization of care, and different European countries use different treatment and follow- up protocols. Conclusion: Collaboration in a European network to optimize treatment and minimize long-term consequences for paediatric thyroid cancer survivors is necessary. During this meeting, the ETA-CRN has endorsed the initiative to collaborate on this rare endocrine cancer within a European network.
AB - Background/Aims: Thyroid cancer among children is a very rare disease. Although survival is favourable, morbidity caused by the treatment remains considerable, so there is a great need to optimize management by international cooperation. For this reason, the 2016 European Thyroid Association- Cancer Research Network (ETA-CRN) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, paid considerable attention to this topic and aimed to give an overview of the care for this paediatric patient group in different European countries. Methods: An inventory of data on thyroid cancer treatment among children in Europe was generated by questionnaires focused on treatment and organization of care. Results: The treatment of paediatric thyroid cancer appears to be scattered in each European country with limited centralization of care, and different European countries use different treatment and follow- up protocols. Conclusion: Collaboration in a European network to optimize treatment and minimize long-term consequences for paediatric thyroid cancer survivors is necessary. During this meeting, the ETA-CRN has endorsed the initiative to collaborate on this rare endocrine cancer within a European network.
KW - ETA-CRN
KW - European network
KW - Paediatric thyroid cancer
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U2 - 10.1159/000484170
DO - 10.1159/000484170
M3 - Article
C2 - 29151082
AN - SCOPUS:85034814487
SN - 1663-2818
VL - 89
SP - 58
EP - 62
JO - Hormone Research in Paediatrics
JF - Hormone Research in Paediatrics
IS - 1
ER -