Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thyroid cancer is becoming increasingly common worldwide, but little is known about the epidemiology of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). This study investigated the current status of the incidence and treatment of MTC using Korean National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data for the entire Korean population from 2004 to 2016.

Methods

This study included 1,790 MTC patients identified from the NHIS database.

Results

The age-standardized incidence rate showed a slightly decreasing or stationary trend during the period, from 0.25 per 100,000 persons in 2004 to 0.19 in 2016. The average proportion of MTC among all thyroid cancers was 0.5%. For initial surgical treatment, 65.4% of patients underwent total thyroidectomy. After surgery, external-beam radiation t

SUBMITTER: Ahn HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7803611 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature