Prognostic Factors for Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in an Endemic Area

Prognostic factors for well-differentiated thyroid cancer in an endemic area.

A retrospective analysis of 215 differentiated thyroid cancers was undertaken to identify the various prognostic variables. There were 132 papillary and 83 follicular cancers; both histologic types occurred at an earlier age, with a male to female ratio of 1: 1.1 (signifies near parity in both sexes, in contrast to marked female preponderance in most of the reports and amongst benign thyroid di...

Prognostic Factors in the Survival Rate of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Background: Thyroid cancer is the most prevalent malignancy of the endocrine systemcancers. Thyroid cancer has increased faster thatn any other malignancy in recent years. Tyroid cancer has different histopathologic types, of which the most common is the differentiated type. Different factors can affect the prognosis of the patients. In this study, we investigated different factors that can aff...

Ph.D. THESIS DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS

Risk and prognostic factors for differentiated thyroid cancer.

Papillary and follicular carcinomas, commonly referred to as follicular cell-derived differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC), account for 90% of all thyroid carcinomas. The prognosis of DTC is generally good, depending on the biologic behavior of the tumor and on the appropriate initial treatment which includes total thyroidectomy and ablation by radioiodine-131. However, a considerable number ...

Factors affecting discharge time of well differentiated thyroid cancer patients receiving 131I therapy: Five years’ experience

Introduction:The post-surgical management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer include ablation of remnant local and distant metastatic tissues with 131I therapy, which accentuates isolation of the patient in order to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure to the care givers, general public and the environment. The duration of isolation is subject to the redu...