Brain Metastases From Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study of 22 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brain metastasis from differentiated thyroid cancer has followed a similar increasing trend to that of thyroid cancer in recent years. However, the characteristics and treatments for brain metastases are unclear. The aim of this study was to understand this disease by analyzing patients with brain metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).

Methods

Between 2000 and 2020, the database of the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center was searched for differentiated thyroid cancer patients. We identified a cohort of 22 patients with brain metastases. The characteristics of the patients, histological features, treatments, and time of death were reviewed. The overall survival (OS) rate was calculated using the Kaplan Meier method. Survival curves of different subgr

SUBMITTER: Wu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8481895 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature