Surgical treatment of thyriod carcinoma
- VernacularTitle:甲状腺癌的外科治疗
- Author:
Jun FAN
;
Tong ZHU
;
Tao CHEN
;
Changhong YAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thyriod Neoplasms/surg;
Ademocarcinoma/surg
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Surgery
1997;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To summarize the methods and outcome of surgical treatment of thyriod carcinoma(TC).Methods The clinical data of 126 cases of TC admitted between 1990 to 2005 to our 2 hospitals was analyzed.Results Among the 126 cases,there were papillary carcinoma in 94 cases(74.5%),follicular carcinoma in 20 cases(15.9%),medullary carcinoma in 5 cases(4%),anaplastic carcinoma in 4 cases(3.2%),lymphoma in 2 cases(1.6%) and squamous cell carcinoma was in 1 case(0.8%).Thyroid microcarcinoma(TMC) was found in 56 of 126 cases and all of them were papillary carcinoma.(Seventy)-eight cases were followed up for more than 5 years after operation and 36 cases for 3 to 5 years,and all have good quality of life.All of the 4 cases with anaplastic carcinoma died in 3 to 6 months.Two cases with medullary carcinoma and 1 case with squamous cell carcinoma died from pulmonary metastases 1 year after operation.Conclusions For differentiated TC,surgical treatment is the ideal treatment.However,for(anaplastic) TC,operation is not to be recommended,the choice of treatment is radiotherapy.
