Clinical Endocrinology (2016) 84, 571–577

doi: 10.1111/cen.12845

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparison of differentiated thyroid cancer in children and adolescents (≤20 years) with young adults Ali S. Alzahrani*,†,‡, Dania Alkhafaji*, Mahmoud Tuli§, Hindi Al-Hindi¶ and Bakr Bin Sadiq‡ *Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, †Department of Molecular Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, ‡Research Center-Jeddah, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, §Department of Medical Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and ¶Department of Pathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Summary Context Age is a major prognostic factor in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). It is not clear if paediatric DTC has a different histopathological profile and outcome than DTC in adult patients 20 to 20 to 20 to