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ArticleThyroid research2023

Clinicopathological profile and management of thyroid carcinoma: a Sub-Saharan country experience.

Moawia Mohammed Ali Elhassan, Mohamed Dafalla Awadalla Gismalla, Sahar Abdelrahman Hamid Mohamed, Areeg Faggad

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Article in Thyroid research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Moawia Mohammed Ali ElhassanDepartment of Oncology, National Cancer Institute - University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan. moawia2@gmail.com.
Mohamed Dafalla Awadalla GismallaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.
Sahar Abdelrahman Hamid MohamedMinistry of Health, Gezira State, Wad Medani, Sudan.
Areeg FaggadDepartment of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute - University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.
University of Gezira · SD

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Abstract

backgroundIn Sudan, there is limited knowledge on the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and pathological patterns of thyroid cancer. To address this shortcoming, we studied the clinical, pathological and treatment patterns of thyroid cancer at the National Cancer Institute ‒ University of Gezira (NCI-UG), Sudan.

methodsWe performed a retrospective health facility-based study of patients with thyroid cancer who were treated at NCI-UG from January 2009 to December 2017.

resultsA total of 139 patients with thyroid cancer were identified during the study period. Tumors were more common among women (69%). Goiter was the main presenting symptom (85%). The most common type of thyroid cancer was follicular carcinoma (41%), followed by papillary carcinoma (24%), then anaplastic carcinoma (20%). The mean age of the women was 56.3 years (SD ± 14.7), compared to 52.5 years (SD ± 16.6) for the men. The frequencies of stage I, II, III, and IV were 17%, 22%, 16%, and 45%, respectively. Different types of thyroidectomies were performed in 79% of the cases, lobectomy in 4%, and no surgery in 17%. Only 28% of the cases received radioactive iodine. Palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy were prescribed to 17% and 37% of the cases, respectively.

conclusionThyroid cancer is more prevalent among women and most patients present at later stages. The dominance of follicular type suggests that the majority of this population is iodine-deficient.

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Anaplastic carcinomaFollicular carcinomaGoiterRadioactive iodineSudanThyroid cancer

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