Analysis of patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer expected to have curative surgery / 대한외과학회지
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
;
: 123-129, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-207800
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is rare and has a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients diagnosed with ATC expected to undergo curative thyroidectomy, with the goal of finding differences between patients surviving > or =6 months and or =6 months after operation. In patients surviving > or =6 months, all lesions were 5 cm, and two of the five patients underwent less than total thyroidectomy (P = 0.287 and 0.152, respectively). All patients with lesion size <5 cm underwent total thyroidectomy and showed a shorter median operation time (P = 0.182 and 0.033, respectively).CONCLUSION:
ATC showed female predominance. Patients initially presented with neck mass, and median age was 55 years. In patients with ATC who are expected to undergo curative thyroidectomy, surgery should actively be considered as primary therapy for patient survival when the size is <5 cm.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Thyroid Gland
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Thyroidectomy
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Retrospective Studies
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Electronics
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Electrons
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Neck
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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