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ArticleSaudi medical journal2021

The role of adjuvant radiation therapy for locoregionally recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Hyun Hwang, Nam Kwon Lee

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hyun HwangFrom the Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Nam Kwon LeeFrom the Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Korea University Medical Center · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the role of adjuvant radiation therapy in patients with locoregionally recurrent (rpT4/N1b) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

methodsThe medical records of patients with rpT4/N1b PTC who were treated between January 2001 and December 2016 were reviewed. A total of 57 patients were analyzed, of which 24 patients were treated with adjuvant radiation therapy, and 33 patients did not receive adjuvant radiation therapy. Survival outcomes were compared between the 2 treatment groups. The primary endpoint was locoregional recurrence-free survival rate.

resultsThe median follow-up period for all patients was 10.3 years (range, 2.8-19.2 years). The 15-year locoregional recurrence-free survival rate was 80.5% for those who received adjuvant radiation therapy and 28.1% for those who did not (

conclusionsAdjuvant radiation therapy ensured favorable locoregional recurrence-free survival in patients with rT4/N1b PTC and might contribute to improving patients' quality of life by reducing the need for additional salvage surgery and the economic burden of other salvage treatments, such as surgery or radioactive iodine therapy.

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Carcinoma, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsHumansIodine RadioisotopesNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisQuality of LifeRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroidectomyIodine Radioisotopeslocoregional neoplasm recurrencepapillary thyroid carcinomaradiation therapy

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PMID34344806
PMCPMC9195542
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