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ArticleEndocrine connections2019

Replication of newly proposed TNM staging system for medullary thyroid carcinoma: a nationwide study.

Jes Sloth Mathiesen, Jens Peter Kroustrup, Peter Vestergaard, Per Løgstrup Poulsen, Åse Krogh Rasmussen, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Sten Schytte, Stefano Christian Londero, Henrik Baymler Pedersen, Christoffer Holst Hahn and 7 more

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Article in Endocrine connections, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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17 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Jes Sloth MathiesenDepartment of ORL Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Jens Peter KroustrupDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Endocrinology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Peter VestergaardDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Endocrinology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Per Løgstrup PoulsenDepartment of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Åse Krogh RasmussenDepartment of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ulla Feldt-RasmussenDepartment of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sten SchytteDepartment of ORL Head & Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Stefano Christian LonderoDepartment of ORL Head & Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Henrik Baymler PedersenDepartment of ORL Head & Neck Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Christoffer Holst HahnDepartment of ORL Head & Neck Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jens BentzenDepartment of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
Sören MöllerDepartment of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Mette GaustadnesDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Maria RossingCenter for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Finn Cilius NielsenCenter for Genomic Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kim BrixenDepartment of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Christian GodballeDepartment of ORL Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Copenhagen University Hospital · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKHerlev Hospital · DKOdense University Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent study proposed new TNM groupings for better survival discrimination among stage groups for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and validated these groupings in a population-based cohort in the United States. However, it is unknown how well the groupings perform in populations outside the United States. Consequently, we conducted the first population-based study aiming to evaluate if the recently proposed TNM groupings provide better survival discrimination than the current American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging system (seventh and eighth edition) in a nationwide MTC cohort outside the United States. This retrospective cohort study included 191 patients identified from the nationwide Danish MTC cohort between 1997 and 2014. In multivariate analysis, hazard ratios for overall survival under the current AJCC TNM staging system vs the proposed TNM groupings with stage I as reference were 1.32 (95% CI: 0.38-4.57) vs 3.04 (95% CI: 1.38-6.67) for stage II, 2.06 (95% CI: 0.45-9.39) vs 3.59 (95% CI: 1.61-8.03) for stage III and 5.87 (95% CI: 2.02-17.01) vs 59.26 (20.53-171.02) for stage IV. The newly proposed TNM groupings appear to provide better survival discrimination in the nationwide Danish MTC cohort than the current AJCC TNM staging. Adaption of the proposed TNM groupings by the current AJCC TNM staging system may potentially improve accurateness in survival discrimination. However, before such an adaption further population-based studies securing external validity are needed.

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endocrine cancersrare diseases/syndromesthyroid

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PMCPMC6330714
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