Prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma : A population-based study of 15,698 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and end Results (SEER) program 1973-1991

摘要: BACKGROUND A number of prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma have been identified, including sociodemographic characteristics, such as age and gender, tumor histology stage. The relative importance these independent predictors survival patients with papillary, follicular, anaplastic, medullary has extensively studied but remains uncertain. METHODS The authors used data collected by the Surveillance, Epidemiology End Results (SEER) program National Cancer Institute between 1973 1991 to investigate each major histologic types in a population-based patient series assess effect survival. RESULTS Both characteristics were independently associated survival. Patients papillary had highest 10-year (0.98), followed those follicular (0.92) (0.80). Anaplastic tumors lowest (0.13). Stage at diagnosis differentiation status strong type. Advanced stage was stronger factor than other types. Increasing lower Gender, marital status, ethnicity significant, weaker, survival. CONCLUSIONS Survival varied markedly among different carcinoma. important Age predictor 1997; 79:564-73. © 1997 American Society.