Arch. Endocrinol. Metab. 2016;60(5):472-478
Surgical treatment for thyroid carcinoma: retrospective study with 811 patients in a Brazilian tertiary hospital
DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000209
ABSTRACT
Objective
The aim of the present study was to describe the epidemiologic data, histological type, treatment and follow-up of the 811 patients treated for thyroid cancer in Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) over 5 years.
Materials and methods
Retrospective analyses of electronic chart information.
Results
There were 679 cases (83.7%) of papillary thyroid cancer, 61 (7.5%) of follicular carcinoma, 54 (6.7%) of medullary carcinoma, 11 (1.4%) of poorly differentiated carcinoma and 6 of anaplastic carcinoma (0.7%). The majority of patients were female (82.2%), and the mean age was 50.5 ± 15 years. Two hundred forty-two patients had disease persistence or recurrence. At the last follow-up, 629 (77.6%) patients were alive and disease free, 141 (17.4%) were alive with disease, and 41 (5.1%) were deceased, with 37 deaths related to thyroid cancer.
Conclusion
This study was able to outline the profile, disease type and evolution of patients treated for thyroid cancer at a single tertiary hospital.
Keywords: epidemiology; prognosis; thyroid diseases; thyroid neoplasms
