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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Bone metastases in newly diagnosed patients with thyroid cancer: A large population-based cohort study.

Ruiguo Zhang, Wenxin Zhang, Cailan Wu, Qiang Jia, Jinyan Chai, Zhaowei Meng, Wei Zheng, Jian Tan

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Ruiguo ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wenxin ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Cailan WuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Fourth Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Qiang JiaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jinyan ChaiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zhaowei MengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wei ZhengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jian TanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.

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Background: Population-based estimates of the incidence and prognosis of bone metastases (BM) stratified by histologic subtype at diagnosis of thyroid cancer are limited. Methods: Using multivariable logistic and Cox regression analyses, we identified risk factors for BM and investigated the prognostic survival of BM patients between 2010 and 2015 Results: Among 64,083 eligible patients, a total of 347 patients with BM at the time of diagnosis were identified, representing 0.5% of the entire cohort but 32.4% of the subset with metastases. BM incidence was highest (11.6%) in anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), which, nevertheless, was highest (61.5%) in follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) among the subset with metastases. The median overall survival among BM patients was 40.0 months, and 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 65.2%, 51.3%, and 38.7%, respectively. Compared with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), FTC (aOR, 6.33; 95% CI, 4.72-8.48), medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) (aOR, 6.04, 95% CI, 4.09-8.92), and ATC (aOR, 6.21; 95% CI, 4.20-9.18) significantly increased the risk of developing BM. However, only ATC (aHR, 6.07; 95% CI, 3.83-9.60) was independently associated with worse survival in multivariable analysis. Additionally, patients with BM alone (56.5%) displayed the longest median survival (66.0 months), compared with those complicated with one extraskeletal metastatic site (lung, brain, or liver) (35.2%; 14.0 months) and two or three sites (8.3%; 6.0 months). The former 5-year overall survival rate was 52.6%, which, however, drastically declined to 23.0% in patients with one extraskeletal metastatic site and 9.1% with two or three sites. Conclusion: Closer bone surveillance should be required for patients with FTC, MTC, and ATC, and extraskeletal metastases at initial diagnosis frequently predict a poorer prognosis.

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bone metastasesepidemiologyhistologic subtypepopulation-based studySEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) databasethyroid cancer

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