Prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma : A population-based study of 15,698 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program 1973–1991
✍ Scribed by Frank D. Gilliland; William C. Hunt; Don M. Morris; Charles R. Key
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
associated with survival. Patients with papillary carcinoma had the highest 10and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico year relative survival (0.98), followed by those with follicular carcinoma (0.92) and Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. medullary carcinoma (0.80). Anaplastic tumors had the lowest 10-year relative 4 Epidemiology and Cancer Control Program, survival (0.13). Stage at diagnosis and differentiation status were strong indepen-Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Univerdent prognostic factors for each histologic type. Advanced stage at diagnosis was sity of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquera stronger prognostic factor for medullary carcinoma than for other histologic que, New Mexico. types. Increasing age was associated with lower relative survival for each histologic type. Gender, marital status, and ethnicity were significant, but weaker, predictors of survival. CONCLUSIONS. Survival varied markedly among patients with different histologic types of thyroid carcinoma. Stage at diagnosis and tumor differentiation were important prognostic factors for each histologic type. Age at diagnosis was a stronger predictor of survival for patients with follicular and medullary carcinoma than for patients with papillary carcinoma.