Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma: Disease Response Evaluation Using American Thyroid Association Risk Assessment Guidelines

European Thyroid Journal
Aamna HassanHumayun Bashir

Abstract

To evaluate the overall and progression-free survival for follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) based on the American Thyroid Association (ATA) staging system for recurrence risk assessment and the TNM staging system. A clinical review of FTC patients between 1995 and 2014 was conducted at a single center. The data was classified using the TNM staging system into low, intermediate, and high risk of recurrence as per the ATA risk assessment. Over the course of 19 years, 114 (11.9%) of all of the thyroid cancer patients presenting to our hospital had FTC (i.e. 78 females and 36 males). The age range was 15-80 years. Ninety-four tumors were resectable and 18 were unresectable. Sixteen patients were excluded due to insufficient information on their recurrence risk. Based on the ATA categorization, 36 patients had a low recurrence risk. All patients were alive at the time of categorization, and 1 showed progressive disease. Thirty-eight patients had an intermediate recurrence risk. One patient died and 2 showed progression. Twenty-four had a high recurrence risk. Seven patients died and 6 showed progression. In terms of TNM stages, 2 (3.2%) stage I, 3 (17.6%) stage II, 1 (14%) stage III, and 2 (12.5%) stage IV patients died during foll...Continue Reading

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Jul 13, 2021·Frontiers in Endocrinology·Eleni ThodouFernando Schmitt

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