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ReviewCancers2021

Current Management of Bone Metastases from Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

Satoshi Kato, Satoru Demura, Kazuya Shinmura, Noriaki Yokogawa, Takaki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Satoshi KatoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4762-5932
Satoru DemuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Kazuya ShinmuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Noriaki YokogawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3415-5823
Takaki ShimizuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Hiroyuki TsuchiyaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Kanazawa University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After the lung, the skeleton is the second most common site of distant metastases in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Patients with osteolytic bone metastases (BMs) from thyroid carcinoma often have significantly reduced performance status and quality of life. Recent advancements in cancer therapy have improved overall survival in multiple cancer subtypes, including thyroid cancer. Therefore, long-term local control of thyroid BMs is desired, especially in patients with a single metastasis or oligometastases. Here, we reviewed the current management options for DTC-BMs and especially focused on local treatments for long-term local tumor control from an orthopedic tumor surgeon's point of view. Metastasectomy and stereotactic radiosurgery can be performed either alone or in combination with radioiodine therapy and kinase inhibitors to cure skeletal lesions in selected patients. Percutaneous procedures have been developed in recent years, and they can also have a curative role in small BMs. Recent advancements in local therapies have the potential to provide not only long-term local tumor control but also a better prognosis.

Indexed as

bone metastasisdifferentiated thyroid cancermetastasectomystereotactic radiosurgery

Identifiers

PMID34503240
PMCPMC8431580
OpenAlexW3197176359

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