RT Book, Section A1 Patel, Kepal A2 Morita, Shane Y. A2 Balch, Charles M. A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne A2 Pawlik, Timothy M. A2 Posner, Mitchell C. A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K. SR Print(0) ID 1145758494 T1 Non-MEN Thyroid Cancer Syndromes T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793315 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145758494 RD 2024/11/09 AB Thyroid malignancies are classified on the basis of the origin of cells into medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), which originates from the parafollicular cells, and nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC), which originates from the follicular cells. NMTC mainly includes papillary and follicular thyroid cancer (PTC and FTC). Both PTC and FTC are differentiated thyroid cancers that constitute the vast majority of thyroid cancers (>90%) and carry an excellent prognosis with an overall 5-year survival exceeding 95%.1-4