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Follow-up and Outcomes of 186 Patients With Follicular Cell-Derived Thyroid Cancer Seen at a Referral Center by One Thyroidologist in 2015.
Endocrine Practice 2024 March 9
OBJECTIVE: To study the profile, management, and outcomes of follicular cell-derived thyroid cancer (FCDTC) before publication of the 2016 American Thyroid Association guidelines recommending less aggressive thyroid cancer procedures.
METHODS: Patients with FCDTC were seen by one thyroidologist at Mayo Clinic during the 2015 calendar year. Patients underwent surgical procedures for FCDTC in 2015 or earlier at the Mayo Clinic or another institution. Follow-up data were collected from January 1, 2016, through July 20, 2022. Outcomes measured included tumor characteristics, treatment methods, adverse effects, diagnostic imaging methods, and primary tumor/metastasis status at last follow-up.
RESULTS: Of 186 included patients, 85 had total or near-total thyroidectomy. Bilateral disease was present in 35.5% of these patients, and contralateral involvement would have been missed by lobectomy for 9 (10%) patients with low-risk thyroid cancer. Additionally, 57% had positive neck lymph nodes identified during their surgical procedure, 25% (21% in central compartment) of which were undetected by preoperative ultrasonography. At the last follow-up, 65.6% of patients had no evidence of disease, and 10.7% had distant metastases.
CONCLUSION: This report outlines the profile and outcomes of patients with FCDTC who were treated at a referral center before the revised 2016 American Thyroid Association guidelines. Lobectomy for low-risk FCDTC may miss some cancer in the contralateral lobe. However, the clinical importance of these missed microcarcinomas is unclear. Preoperative ultrasonography effectively predicts lateral, but not central compartment, nodal metastases.
METHODS: Patients with FCDTC were seen by one thyroidologist at Mayo Clinic during the 2015 calendar year. Patients underwent surgical procedures for FCDTC in 2015 or earlier at the Mayo Clinic or another institution. Follow-up data were collected from January 1, 2016, through July 20, 2022. Outcomes measured included tumor characteristics, treatment methods, adverse effects, diagnostic imaging methods, and primary tumor/metastasis status at last follow-up.
RESULTS: Of 186 included patients, 85 had total or near-total thyroidectomy. Bilateral disease was present in 35.5% of these patients, and contralateral involvement would have been missed by lobectomy for 9 (10%) patients with low-risk thyroid cancer. Additionally, 57% had positive neck lymph nodes identified during their surgical procedure, 25% (21% in central compartment) of which were undetected by preoperative ultrasonography. At the last follow-up, 65.6% of patients had no evidence of disease, and 10.7% had distant metastases.
CONCLUSION: This report outlines the profile and outcomes of patients with FCDTC who were treated at a referral center before the revised 2016 American Thyroid Association guidelines. Lobectomy for low-risk FCDTC may miss some cancer in the contralateral lobe. However, the clinical importance of these missed microcarcinomas is unclear. Preoperative ultrasonography effectively predicts lateral, but not central compartment, nodal metastases.
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