CancerAdvances in Research for Thyrotropin-Dependent Thyroid Cancer
Thyrotropin-dependent well-differentiated thyroid cancer (TD-DTC) is a type of thyroid cancer that requires thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) to grow. According to the NIH (National Library of Medicine), DTC develops in 7-15% of individuals undergoing thyroid surgery. In the United States, roughly 63,000 new instances of DTC were diagnosed in 2014, compared to just 31,200 new cases in 2009. TD-DTC accounts for 90% of all thyroid cancers, and its incidence has increased in recent years. While the...