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Childhood Thyroid Gland Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
859234
•Concept ID:
C3899640
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A rare carcinoma of the thyroid gland that occurs during childhood. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The management of pediatric Graves' disease.
Quintanilla-Dieck L
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Dec 1;31(6):419-423. Epub 2023 Oct 9 doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000933. PMID: 37820281
Association Between Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Pediatric and Young Adulthood Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Risk of Second Primary Malignancies.
Pasqual E, Schonfeld S, Morton LM, Villoing D, Lee C, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Kitahara CM
J Clin Oncol 2022 May 1;40(13):1439-1449. Epub 2022 Jan 19 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01841. PMID: 35044839Free PMC Article
SIDE EFFECTS OF PTU AND MMI IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.
Yu W, Wu N, Li L, Wang J, OuYang H, Shen H
Endocr Pract 2020 Feb;26(2):207-217. Epub 2019 Oct 25 doi: 10.4158/EP-2019-0221. PMID: 31652102

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pediatric thyroid cancer: Recent developments.
Cherella CE, Wassner AJ
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Jan;37(1):101715. Epub 2022 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2022.101715. PMID: 36404191
Association Between Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Pediatric and Young Adulthood Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Risk of Second Primary Malignancies.
Pasqual E, Schonfeld S, Morton LM, Villoing D, Lee C, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Kitahara CM
J Clin Oncol 2022 May 1;40(13):1439-1449. Epub 2022 Jan 19 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01841. PMID: 35044839Free PMC Article
Molecular targets of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in thyroid cancer.
Fallahi P, Ferrari SM, Galdiero MR, Varricchi G, Elia G, Ragusa F, Paparo SR, Benvenga S, Antonelli A
Semin Cancer Biol 2022 Feb;79:180-196. Epub 2020 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.11.013. PMID: 33249201
Risk Factors for Thyroid Cancer: What Do We Know So Far?
Bogović Crnčić T, Ilić Tomaš M, Girotto N, Grbac Ivanković S
Acta Clin Croat 2020 Jun;59(Suppl 1):66-72. doi: 10.20471/acc.2020.59.s1.08. PMID: 34219886Free PMC Article
Thyroid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review.
Hanley P, Lord K, Bauer AJ
JAMA Pediatr 2016 Oct 1;170(10):1008-1019. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0486. PMID: 27571216

Diagnosis

Editorial: Thyroid nodules and tumors in childhood.
de Sanctis L, Wasniewska M, Vigone MC
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1303749. Epub 2023 Oct 19 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1303749. PMID: 37929028Free PMC Article
Association Between Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Pediatric and Young Adulthood Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Risk of Second Primary Malignancies.
Pasqual E, Schonfeld S, Morton LM, Villoing D, Lee C, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Kitahara CM
J Clin Oncol 2022 May 1;40(13):1439-1449. Epub 2022 Jan 19 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01841. PMID: 35044839Free PMC Article
Molecular targets of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in thyroid cancer.
Fallahi P, Ferrari SM, Galdiero MR, Varricchi G, Elia G, Ragusa F, Paparo SR, Benvenga S, Antonelli A
Semin Cancer Biol 2022 Feb;79:180-196. Epub 2020 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.11.013. PMID: 33249201
Risk Factors for Thyroid Cancer: What Do We Know So Far?
Bogović Crnčić T, Ilić Tomaš M, Girotto N, Grbac Ivanković S
Acta Clin Croat 2020 Jun;59(Suppl 1):66-72. doi: 10.20471/acc.2020.59.s1.08. PMID: 34219886Free PMC Article
Thyroid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review.
Hanley P, Lord K, Bauer AJ
JAMA Pediatr 2016 Oct 1;170(10):1008-1019. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0486. PMID: 27571216

Therapy

Pediatric thyroid cancer: Recent developments.
Cherella CE, Wassner AJ
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Jan;37(1):101715. Epub 2022 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2022.101715. PMID: 36404191
Association Between Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Pediatric and Young Adulthood Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Risk of Second Primary Malignancies.
Pasqual E, Schonfeld S, Morton LM, Villoing D, Lee C, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Kitahara CM
J Clin Oncol 2022 May 1;40(13):1439-1449. Epub 2022 Jan 19 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01841. PMID: 35044839Free PMC Article
Molecular targets of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in thyroid cancer.
Fallahi P, Ferrari SM, Galdiero MR, Varricchi G, Elia G, Ragusa F, Paparo SR, Benvenga S, Antonelli A
Semin Cancer Biol 2022 Feb;79:180-196. Epub 2020 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.11.013. PMID: 33249201
Cancer statistics for adolescents and young adults, 2020.
Miller KD, Fidler-Benaoudia M, Keegan TH, Hipp HS, Jemal A, Siegel RL
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Nov;70(6):443-459. Epub 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.3322/caac.21637. PMID: 32940362
Coffee and cancer risk: a summary overview.
Alicandro G, Tavani A, La Vecchia C
Eur J Cancer Prev 2017 Sep;26(5):424-432. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000341. PMID: 28288025

Prognosis

Global incidence and prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer in childhood: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moleti M, Aversa T, Crisafulli S, Trifirò G, Corica D, Pepe G, Cannavò L, Di Mauro M, Paola G, Fontana A, Calapai F, Cannavò S, Wasniewska M
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1270518. Epub 2023 Sep 19 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1270518. PMID: 37795368Free PMC Article
Pediatric thyroid cancer: Recent developments.
Cherella CE, Wassner AJ
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Jan;37(1):101715. Epub 2022 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2022.101715. PMID: 36404191
Molecular targets of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in thyroid cancer.
Fallahi P, Ferrari SM, Galdiero MR, Varricchi G, Elia G, Ragusa F, Paparo SR, Benvenga S, Antonelli A
Semin Cancer Biol 2022 Feb;79:180-196. Epub 2020 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.11.013. PMID: 33249201
Risk Factors for Thyroid Cancer: What Do We Know So Far?
Bogović Crnčić T, Ilić Tomaš M, Girotto N, Grbac Ivanković S
Acta Clin Croat 2020 Jun;59(Suppl 1):66-72. doi: 10.20471/acc.2020.59.s1.08. PMID: 34219886Free PMC Article
Cancer statistics for adolescents and young adults, 2020.
Miller KD, Fidler-Benaoudia M, Keegan TH, Hipp HS, Jemal A, Siegel RL
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Nov;70(6):443-459. Epub 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.3322/caac.21637. PMID: 32940362

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical Care for People Who Survive Childhood Cancer: A Review.
Bhatia S, Tonorezos ES, Landier W
JAMA 2023 Sep 26;330(12):1175-1186. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16875. PMID: 37750876
Polygenic Risk and Chemotherapy-Related Subsequent Malignancies in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study Report.
Im C, Sharafeldin N, Yuan Y, Wang Z, Sapkota Y, Lu Z, Spector LG, Howell RM, Arnold MA, Hudson MM, Ness KK, Robison LL, Bhatia S, Armstrong GT, Neglia JP, Yasui Y, Turcotte LM
J Clin Oncol 2023 Sep 20;41(27):4381-4393. Epub 2023 Jul 17 doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00428. PMID: 37459583Free PMC Article
Is Multifocality a Predictor of Poor Outcome in Childhood and Adolescent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma?
Scholfield DW, Lopez J, Eagan A, Antal Z, Tuttle RM, Ghossein R, LaQuaglia M, Shaha AR, Shah JP, Wong RJ, Patel SG, Ganly I
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2023 Nov 17;108(12):3135-3144. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgad369. PMID: 37350510Free PMC Article
Hypothyroidism after radiation exposure: brief narrative review.
Reiners C, Drozd V, Yamashita S
J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2020 Nov;127(11):1455-1466. Epub 2020 Oct 9 doi: 10.1007/s00702-020-02260-5. PMID: 33034734Free PMC Article
Medullary thyroid carcinoma in children.
Viola D, Romei C, Elisei R
Endocr Dev 2014;26:202-13. Epub 2014 Aug 29 doi: 10.1159/000363165. PMID: 25231454

Recent systematic reviews

Thyroid cancer risk after radiation exposure in adults-systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mirkatouli NB, Hirota S, Yoshinaga S
J Radiat Res 2023 Nov 21;64(6):893-903. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrad073. PMID: 37816676Free PMC Article
Global incidence and prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer in childhood: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moleti M, Aversa T, Crisafulli S, Trifirò G, Corica D, Pepe G, Cannavò L, Di Mauro M, Paola G, Fontana A, Calapai F, Cannavò S, Wasniewska M
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023;14:1270518. Epub 2023 Sep 19 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1270518. PMID: 37795368Free PMC Article
Thyroid dysfunction during treatment with systemic antineoplastic therapy for childhood cancer: A systematic review.
van der Leij S, Lebbink CA, Lentjes EG, Tissing WJ, Stuart AV, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, van Santen HM, van Dalen EC
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2023 Apr;184:103958. Epub 2023 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.103958. PMID: 36907363
SIDE EFFECTS OF PTU AND MMI IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.
Yu W, Wu N, Li L, Wang J, OuYang H, Shen H
Endocr Pract 2020 Feb;26(2):207-217. Epub 2019 Oct 25 doi: 10.4158/EP-2019-0221. PMID: 31652102
Somatic health effects of Chernobyl: 30 years on.
Hatch M, Cardis E
Eur J Epidemiol 2017 Dec;32(12):1047-1054. Epub 2017 Sep 19 doi: 10.1007/s10654-017-0303-6. PMID: 28929329

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