Thyroid Cancer Prognosis

New thyroid cancer prognosis study findings reported from Ankara Oncology Hospital, Department of General Surgery

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 22nd, 2008

Data detailed in 'Prognostic factors determining survival in differentiated thyroid cancer' have been presented. According to recent research published in the Journal of Surgical Oncology, "Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is among the most curable cancers. We evaluated the prognoses of patients with DTC from an iodine-deficient area."

"Four hundred twenty-two patients with thyroid cancer who underwent surgery between 1992 and 2000 at the Ankara Oncology Hospital were evaluated. Three hundred eighty-two patients with DTC were included. Gender, age, histopathological type, tumor size, capsular invasion and vascular invasion, distant metastasis, TNM, and...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-22)

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