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KMID : 0371320120830050259
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Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2012 Volume.83 No. 5 p.259 ~ p.266
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Age and prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma: retrospective stratification into three groups
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Cho Jin-Seong
Yoon Jung-Han
Park Min-Ho
Shin Sun-Hyoung
Jegal Young-Jong
Lee Ji-Shin
Kim Hee-Kyung
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Abstract
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Purpose: We investigated the prognosis according to age in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients.
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 2,890 patients who underwent thyroidectomy due to PTC between May 2004 and Aug 2008. We divided patients into 3 groups: young (≤35 years old), middle (between 35 and 54 years old), and old (≥55 years old).
Results: Median age was 47.0 years old (range, 15 to 82 years). Within a follow-up period median of 50 months, there were 148 (5.1%) locoregional recurrences, 6 (0.2%) PTC-related deaths, and 18 (0.6%) PTC-unrelated deaths. Outcomes were more favorable in the young group, with no PTC-related death despite the frequent locoregional recurrence. In the old group compared to the middle, there was a higher proportion of male, and more aggressive types as T3 or N1b, higher mean tumor number, more multiplicity, and bilaterality. The old group of ≥55 years did not show a significant difference in PTC-related deaths than other age groups in Cox analysis (OR, 0.9; P = 0.677), but a significant cutoff age in PTC-related deaths at 62.5 years was determined in ROC analysis (area under curve = 0.912).
Conclusion: We showed that the ≤35 years group shows favorable prognosis despite the frequent locoregional recurrence and ≥62.5 years group shows a poor prognosis regardless of other factors such as male sex or tumor aggressiveness. Further multiinstitutional studies are needed to elucidate the prognosis according to patient’s age.
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KEYWORD
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Age, Prognosis, Papillary thyroid carcinoma
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