Thyroid malignancies C73

Malignant growths of the thyroid gland. The majority (>99%) of these are epithelial malignancies (thyroid carcinomas)

Differentiated carcinomas

• Papillary carcinoma (60% of all thyroid carcinomas)
• Follicular carcinoma (30% of all thyroid carcinomas)

Low differentiated carcinoma (rare)

Undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinoma (rare)

Medullary carcinoma (derived from the calcitonin producing C-cells; 5% of all thyroid carcinomas)

Other (<1% of all thyroid malignancies): Malignant lymphomas, thyroid sarcomas, metastases

Incidence: 6/100.000 people/year (about 1% of all cancer cases in Germany). Incidences have remained constant over the last two decades.