Clinicopathological Features as Prognostic Predictors of Poor Outcome in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has an indolent nature and usually excellent prognosis. Some PTC clinicopathological features may contribute to the development of aggressive metastatic disease. In this work, we want to evaluate PTC clinicopathological features that are presurgical prognostic predictors of patients' outcomes and find which indicators are more adequate for tailoring surgical procedures and follow-up. We studied a series of 241 PTC patients submitted to surgery. All patients' files and histological tumor samples were reviewed. The 8th edition AJCC/UICC (American Joint Committee on Cancer/Union for International Cancer) Controlstaging system and the 2015 American Thyroid Association risk stratification system were used. Total thyroidectomy was performed in 228 patients, lymphad

SUBMITTER: Povoa AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7693726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature