Outcomes of Patients With Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer After Excellent Response to Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the outcomes in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients who achieved excellent response to initial treatment and developed distant metastasis during follow-up.

Methods

Thyroid cancer patients registered in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital thyroid cancer database between January 1979 and December 2019 were assessed.

Results

Among 1053 DTC patients with excellent response to initial therapy, 14 (1.3%) patients developed metastatic disease during follow-up, including 6 males and 8 females with median age of 50.2 years [interquartile range (IQR), 39.9-53.7]. Nine (64.3%) patients had papillary cancer, four (28.6%) had follicular cancer, and one (7.1%) had Hürthle cell cancer. Most patients (92.9%) had stage I disease at diagnosis. The sites of meta

SUBMITTER: Hsu CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9273717 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature