Locoregional disease control after external beam radiotherapy in 91 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma and pT4 tumor stage - a single institution experience
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Sep 22, 2018
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Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Sep 22, 2018
Page range: 453 - 460
Received: May 04, 2018
Accepted: May 23, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2018-0038
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© 2018 Nikola Besic, Marta Dremelj, Gasper Pilko, published by Sciendo
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Treatment of patients
| Characteristic | Subgroup | Number of Patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lobectomy or less | 15 | |
| Total or near-total thyroidectomy | 64 | |
| Without surgery | 12 | |
| No | 64 | |
| Yes | 27 | |
| No | 9 | |
| Yes | 82 | |
| No | 54 | |
| Yes | 37 | |
| No | 0 | |
| Yes | 91 | |
| No | 52 | |
| Yes | 39 | |
| No | 89 | |
| Yes | 2 |
Clinical data and outcome of 91 patients with pT4 tumor stage
| Characteristic | Subgroup | Number of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 44 | |
| Male | 47 | |
| 44 or less | 15 | |
| 45 or more | 76 | |
| 1-9 | 75 | |
| 9.1-30 | 16 | |
| pT4a | 63 | |
| pT4b | 28 | |
| No | 53 | |
| Yes | 38 | |
| No | 68 | |
| Yes | 23 | |
| R0 | 27 | |
| R1 | 47 | |
| R2 | 5 | |
| No surgery | 12 | |
| No | 39 | |
| Yes-distant | 13 | |
| Yes-locoregional | 16 | |
| Disease present permanently | 23 | |
| Alive | 44 | |
| Dead of distant disease | 29 | |
| Dead of local disease | 1 | |
| Dead of local and distant disease | 4 | |
| Dead of other causes | 10 | |
| Lost from follow-up | 3 |