Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
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Kovalenko AE

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• Research Article
  Main Prognostic Factors for Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Analis of Combined Patients Treatment Results during 20 Years after Surgery
  Author(s): Guda BB, Kovalenko AE, Bolgov MY, Taraschenko YM and Mykhailenko NIGuda BB, Kovalenko AE, Bolgov MY, Taraschenko YM and Mykhailenko NI
  
  Background: In general, the prognosis in patients with well differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) is excellent. However, there are small cohorts of patients who experience a more aggressive form of disease which is often associated with certain poor prognostic factors. Identifying these patients at an early stage is imperative for guiding treatment decisions. The purpose of the work is to study the cumulative survival of patients with WDTC, depending on a number of clinical and biological characteristics of tumors. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients operated on WDTC in the period from 1995 to 2015 (5526 people). Each patient was analyzed according to age, gender, tumor size and characteristics of the TNM (7 editions), clinical stage, volume of surgery, number of points on the MACIS scale, risk group, number of courses of rad.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7948.1000228

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