Clinical analysis of young adult thyroid papillary cancer patients with bilateral cervical metastases.
- Author:
Ling ZHANG
1
;
Zhi GUO
;
Yu-Long WANG
;
Qing-Hai JI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Carcinoma, Papillary; pathology; surgery; Child; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Thyroid Neoplasms; pathology; surgery; Thyroidectomy
- From: Chinese Journal of Surgery 2007;45(7):467-469
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical features, treatment and prognosis of the young adult papillary thyroid cancer with bilateral cervical lymph nodes metastases.
METHODSTwenty-four papillary thyroid cancer patients (mean age 16.6 year-old, range 11 to 20 year-old) with bilateral cervical metastases from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1985 were analyzed.
RESULTSThe proportion of the patients in the contemporary patients of the corresponding period was 34.8% (24/69). All the patients in the group were followed up at least 20 years. The survival rates of the patients at 10 years and 20 years were 100% and 90.9%. The recurrence rates of local tumor and distant tumor (lung metastases) were 20.8% (5/24) and 12.5% (3/24).
CONCLUSIONAfter a radical surgery, the recurrence rate of young adult thyroid papillary cancer patients with bilateral cervical metastases is relatively high and the patients have well prognosis.
