Helene Lindfors, Ph.D. Student at the Endocrine Surgery research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, ...

Background and Aim: Intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas can be divided into three clinically distinct subtypes: main duct type, branch duct type and mixed type. Although it ...

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of cancer to affect your thyroid-- a butterfly-shaped gland that sits just below your voice box. It's only about as big as a quarter ...

Of the three clinically distinct subtypes of intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT), those affecting only duct branches have been reported to have a better prognosis and to be less invasive ...

Surgery carries risks—complications from anesthesia, hoarseness, hand numbness, or lifelong thyroid replacement drugs (about 2 percent of cases). Plus, radioactive iodine treatment raises risks of ...

The chance of recovery, if you have this type, is good but slightly less than if you have papillary. This makes up about 4% of all thyroid cancer cases. If you have this kind, it’s likely to be ...