Prognosis for the tall cell variant of papillary carcinoma

Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid cancer has been shown to be more aggressive and have a worse prognosis than the typical papillary thyroid cancer.

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Favorable characteristics for papillary thyroid cancer

• age less than 50 for women
• age less than 40 for men
• tumor less than 5 cm.