ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2015
Follicular thyroid carcinoma: differences in clinical relevance between minimally invasive and widely invasive tumors.
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- Radiomics Based on Thyroid Ultrasound Can Predict Distant Metastasis of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Thyroid cancer among patients with thyroid nodules in Yemen: a three-year retrospective study in a tertiary center and a specialty clinic.Thyroid research · 2020Article
- The Difference in Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Levels between Differentiated Carcinoma and Benign Enlargement.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2020Article
- Chest wall lymph node metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma: a rare case report.Diagnostic pathology · 2019Article
- Neck Ultrasound in Patients with Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.Hormones & cancer · 2018Article
- Preoperative sonographic features of follicular thyroid carcinoma predict biological behavior: A retrospective study.Medicine · 2018Observational
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence on the biological behavior and clinical courses of minimally invasive and widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma (MI-FTC, WI-FTC) is still debatable. The current study was conducted to identify differences between MI and WI tumors and those prognostic parameters influencing late outcome such as local recurrence and survival.
methodsFrom January 1998 to October 2013, 71 patients were operated on in our department because of a FTC. A retrospective cohort study was carried out to compare 42 MI-FTC and 29 WI-FTC. The comparison involved evaluation of patient characteristics, tumor characteristics, tumor staging, and risk assessment.
resultsA diameter greater than 4.0 cm, the presence of vascular invasion, the TNM stage III-IVA, and the high risk at AMES system risk stratification were independent factors significantly related to the presence of a WI-FTC. The only independent predictor of recurrence and disease-free survival at 10-year follow-up was a tumor size greater than 4.0 cm.
conclusionsMore attention must be paid in the postoperative tumor re-staging of those patients with tumor size larger than 4.0 cm, which was the only parameter predicting recurrence and influencing disease-free survival. Nevertheless, definitive recommendations cannot be made without a longer follow-up.
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