The current status of treatment in the elderly differentiated thyroid cancer

VernacularTitle:老年分化型甲状腺癌的治疗现状
Author: Yi XIE ¹ ; Wei ZHENG
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1. 湖南省人民医院乳甲外科
Keywords: Thyroid neoplasms/TH; Review
From: Journal of Chinese Physician 2017;19(12):1916-1918
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma ( DTC) has increased in all age groups worldwide. Most patients with DTC have a good prognosis, but older patients have a poor prognosis because of high invasiveness and disease-specific mortality. At present, DTC treatment mainly includes surgery, thy-roid stimulating hormone ( TSH) inhibition , radioiodine ( 131 I) , external radiotherapy, and kinase inhibi-tors ( KIs) . Elderly patients with thyroid cancer might have many treatment-related complications due to dis-ease and their own reasons. This review uses the risk-benefit approach to weigh the pros and cons of various treatments to determine the most reasonable management.