Results: 12

Prognostic factors in thyroid carcinomas: a 17-year outcome study

ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of our study was to evaluate the survival rate of all thyroid carcinomas (TCs) diagnosed in the 1999-2015 period in the Republic of North Macedonia and to analyze the prognostic influence of several characteristics on development of distant metastases, as well as to analyze ...

Impact of the updated TNM staging criteria on prediction of persistent disease in a differentiated thyroid carcinoma cohort

ABSTRACT Objective: The 8th TNM system edition (TNM-8) released in 2018 presents significant changes when compared to the 7th edition (TNM-7). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of changing the TNM staging criteria on the outcomes in a Brazilian cohort of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DT...

Tendencia nacional de la prevalencia y mortalidad por cáncer de tiroides con datos del Ministerio de Salud de Perú

Medwave; 19 (4), 2019
OBJETIVO Describir la tendencia de la prevalencia y mortalidad de cáncer de tiroides registrada en el Ministerio de Salud de Perú. MÉTODOS Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de tendencias con datos secundarios, obtenidos de una fuente de información pública de Perú. Se evaluó el registro de codifi...

Incidencia y mortalidad del cáncer de tiroides en Costa Rica 1990-2014

Acta méd. costarric; 60 (3), 2018
Resumen Justificación y objetivo: determinar la incidencia y mortalidad del cáncer de tiroides en Costa Rica 1990-2014. Metodología: investigación descriptiva observacional de corte transversal. El estudio fue realizado en los costarricenses con diagnóstico (7 265 casos nuevos) y muerte (382 defun...

Impact of body mass index on survival outcome in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

Abstract Introduction Increased body mass index is known to be associated with the high prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancers; however data on its impact on survival outcome after thyroidectomy and adjuvant therapy is scanty. Objective We aimed to evaluate the impact of body mass index on overal...

Outcomes of patients with bone metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer

ABSTRACT Objective Bone metastases (BM) from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are associated with poor survival rates. Due to the low frequency of this entity, we performed a multicentric retrospective study that aimed to evaluate the presentation, outcome and causes of death in this population. Sub...

Deaths related to differentiated thyroid cancer: a rare but real event

ABSTRACT Objective The present study describes the clinical and tumor characteristics of patients that died from differentiated thyroid cancer and reports on the cause and circumstances of death in these cases. Subjects and methods Retrospective analysis of all the differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)...

Radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer: an uncommon but challenging situation

ABSTRACT Radioiodine (RAI)-refractory thyroid cancer is an uncommon entity, occurring with an estimated incidence of 4-5 cases/year/million people. RAI refractoriness is more frequent in older patients, in those with large metastases, in poorly differentiated thyroid cancer, and in those tumors with high...

Evaluación clínica y tratamiento quirúrgico del nódulo tiroídeo
Clinical evaluation and surgical treatment of the thyroid nodule

Rev. chil. cir; 52 (4), 2000
Objetivo: presentar nuestra experiencia en el diagnóstico de la patología nodular del tiroides, sus indicaciones quirúrgicas y tratamientos efectuados, además del control y sobrevida en los casos de cáncer de tiroides. Material y método: 494 pacientes tiroidectomizados (343 lesiones nodulares benig...