Prognostic factors in differentiated thyroid carcinoma

[Prognostic factors in differentiated thyroid carcinoma].

[Differentiated thyroid carcinoma: survival and prognostic factors].

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is the most common endocrine tumor. DTC has a good prognosis and survival rates higher than 85%. The aim of our study was to assess our current survival rate and to analyze prognostic factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was conducted of 308 patients with DTC (93.5% with papillary tumors, 78.8% women). Mean age at di...

Prognostic indicators in differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

BACKGROUND Thyroid cancer ranges from well-differentiated lesions with an excellent prognosis to anaplastic carcinoma, which is almost uniformly fatal. Thus, methods to assess the behavior of thyroid malignancies are necessary to arrive at appropriate treatment decisions. METHODS We discuss the factors that affect the prognosis of patients with well-differentiated thyroid malignancies, includ...

Prognostic Factors in the Survival Rate of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Background: Thyroid cancer is the most prevalent malignancy of the endocrine systemcancers. Thyroid cancer has increased faster thatn any other malignancy in recent years. Tyroid cancer has different histopathologic types, of which the most common is the differentiated type. Different factors can affect the prognosis of the patients. In this study, we investigated different factors that can aff...

Ph.D. THESIS DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS