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Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study
Introduction: This study aims to identify the prognostic factors that influence therapeutic modalities for thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like elements (CASTLE). Materials and Methods: Reported studies with CASTLE patients published between 2004 and 2018 were retrieved from a cross-database litera...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6212596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00477 |
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author | Gao, Rui Jia, Xi Ji, Ting Feng, Jinteng Yang, Aimin Zhang, Guangjian |
author_facet | Gao, Rui Jia, Xi Ji, Ting Feng, Jinteng Yang, Aimin Zhang, Guangjian |
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description | Introduction: This study aims to identify the prognostic factors that influence therapeutic modalities for thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like elements (CASTLE). Materials and Methods: Reported studies with CASTLE patients published between 2004 and 2018 were retrieved from a cross-database literature search. Three patients treated in our institute were also included as one case series. Standardized data collection was performed; data pertaining to clinical stages, treatment regimens, and survival time were collected and statistically analyzed. Results: Up to 26 case series of CASTLE were selected, including 51 males and 38 females with a median age of 48 years. Follow-up time ranged from 2 to 362 months and the median survival time was 158.03 months. Lymph node metastasis and tumor invasion of adjacent tissue both showed a significant negative effect on survival (p = 0.001 and 0.013, respectively). Radiotherapy significantly improved survival (p = 0.034), while neck dissection significantly prolonged survival only in patients with extrathyroidal extension (p = 0.043). Conclusions: Extrathyroidal infiltration and nodal metastasis are important factors in cancer outcomes. Radiation therapy appears to be important for better outcomes in CASTLE patients, and neck dissection is recommended for patients with extrathyroidal extension. |
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spelling | pubmed-62125962018-11-09 Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study Gao, Rui Jia, Xi Ji, Ting Feng, Jinteng Yang, Aimin Zhang, Guangjian Front Oncol Oncology Introduction: This study aims to identify the prognostic factors that influence therapeutic modalities for thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like elements (CASTLE). Materials and Methods: Reported studies with CASTLE patients published between 2004 and 2018 were retrieved from a cross-database literature search. Three patients treated in our institute were also included as one case series. Standardized data collection was performed; data pertaining to clinical stages, treatment regimens, and survival time were collected and statistically analyzed. Results: Up to 26 case series of CASTLE were selected, including 51 males and 38 females with a median age of 48 years. Follow-up time ranged from 2 to 362 months and the median survival time was 158.03 months. Lymph node metastasis and tumor invasion of adjacent tissue both showed a significant negative effect on survival (p = 0.001 and 0.013, respectively). Radiotherapy significantly improved survival (p = 0.034), while neck dissection significantly prolonged survival only in patients with extrathyroidal extension (p = 0.043). Conclusions: Extrathyroidal infiltration and nodal metastasis are important factors in cancer outcomes. Radiation therapy appears to be important for better outcomes in CASTLE patients, and neck dissection is recommended for patients with extrathyroidal extension. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6212596/ /pubmed/30416983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00477 Text en Copyright © 2018 Gao, Jia, Ji, Feng, Yang and Zhang. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Oncology Gao, Rui Jia, Xi Ji, Ting Feng, Jinteng Yang, Aimin Zhang, Guangjian Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study |
title | Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study |
title_full | Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study |
title_fullStr | Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study |
title_short | Management and Prognostic Factors for Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Elements (CASTLE): A Case Series Study |
title_sort | management and prognostic factors for thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like elements (castle): a case series study |
topic | Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6212596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00477 |
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