Outcomes of long-term combined treatment in follicular thyroid carcinoma

UNLABELLED: The aim was to analyze the impact of combined treatment (thyroidectomy + radioactive iodine treatment + hormonotherapy with thyroxine) on the outcomes of patients with follicular thyroid carcinoma.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 448 patients with follicular carcinoma (394 females, 54 males, mean age of 48 years (95% CI, 46-50 years) who were treated at the Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University, from 1982 to 2006. All the patients underwent thyroidectomy. Hypothyroid patients 3-12 weeks after surgical treatment were treated with moderate radioiodine doses (1.11-3.7 GBq), and these doses were administered every 3-4 months. The patients with follicular thyroid carcinoma were given suppressive doses of thyroxine after combined treatment. The patients treated were regularly observed by gamma camera; every 6-12 months, serum thyroglobulin was evaluated.

RESULTS: The remnants of thyroid tissue were detected in all 448 patients after thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy. Radioiodine at mean total doses of 5.6+/-0.2 GBq was used to destroy the remnants of thyroid tissue. For patients with disseminated forms of follicular thyroid carcinoma, mean total radioiodine doses of 19.5+/-3.1 GBq were used. Majority (91.2%) of the patients were euthyroid or hyperthyroid after the treatment with thyroid hormone. All the patients treated had the level of serum thyroglobulin of 1.1+/-0.2 ng/mL. The overall 10-, 20-, and 30-year survival of patients with follicular thyroid cancer, who received combined treatment, was 91.2%, 81.9%, and 77.1%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: Combined treatment (thyroidectomy + radioactive iodine treatment + hormonotherapy with thyroxine) administered to the patients with follicular thyroid carcinoma is highly effective, because overall 10-, 20-, 30-year survival was 91.2%, 81.9%, 77.1%, respectively.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 46(2010), 4 vom: 07., Seite 268-74

Sprache:

Litauisch

Weiterer Titel:

Folikulinio skydliaukes vezio ilgalaikio kompleksinio gydymo rezultatai

Beteiligte Personen:

Baranauskas, Zenonas [VerfasserIn]
Valuckas, Konstantinas Povilas [VerfasserIn]
Tiskevicius, Sigitas [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

9010-34-8
Comparative Study
English Abstract
Iodine Radioisotopes
Journal Article
Q51BO43MG4
Thyroglobulin
Thyroxine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.10.2010

Date Revised 14.06.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM199040729