Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland:A Retrospective Investigation of 75 Patients

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A retrospective review was completed of 69 patients treated at Kurume University Hospital from 1971 to 1980 for carcinoma of the thyroid gland. Sixty-one cases underwent curative treatments and 8 were subjected to palliative treatments. The results of this retrospective study are summarized as follows: (1) In the patients of curative treatments, 5-year and 10-year cumulative survival rates calculated by the actuarial method were 76.8% and 63.0%, respectively. (2) The factors which presented significant influences on the prognosis were age, histological type an surgical treatment. (3) All of the undifferentiated carcinoma cases died from primary lesion. (4) The patients over 65 years old tended to present lower survival rates than did the younger patients. (5) In both of the 2 cases of isthmus carcinoma which was treated by a localized removal, a local recurrence developed.
久留米大学医学部 The Kurume Medical Journal 編集部の論文