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Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Although the prognosis for thyroid cancer is favorable with a low mortality rate, the recurrence rate is high and predictors of re-recurrence and disease-specific mortality have not been established. This study revealed that multiple recurrences of thyroid cancer are associated with...

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Autores principales: Park, Joonseon, Kang, Il Ku, Bae, Ja Seong, Kim, Jeong Soo, Kim, Kwangsoon
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9913116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36765580
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030624
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author Park, Joonseon
Kang, Il Ku
Bae, Ja Seong
Kim, Jeong Soo
Kim, Kwangsoon
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Kang, Il Ku
Bae, Ja Seong
Kim, Jeong Soo
Kim, Kwangsoon
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Although the prognosis for thyroid cancer is favorable with a low mortality rate, the recurrence rate is high and predictors of re-recurrence and disease-specific mortality have not been established. This study revealed that multiple recurrences of thyroid cancer are associated with a higher mortality rate than a single recurrence, and the optimal treatment for the first recurrence is surgery. The lymph node ratio is a more suitable prognostic predictor than the number of positive lymph nodes in patients who undergo re-operation for the first recurrence of thyroid cancer. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to establish the risk factors for re-recurrences and disease-specific mortality (DSM) in recurrent thyroid cancer. Patients with recurrent thyroid cancer who underwent initial thyroid surgery from January 2000 to December 2019 at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (Seoul, Korea) were assessed. Clinicopathological characteristics and long-term oncologic outcomes were compared between patients with one recurrence (n = 202) and patients with re-recurrences (n = 44). Logistic regression and cox-regression analyses were conducted to determine the risk factors for re-recurrences and DSM, respectively. Receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis was performed to determine the cutoff value for lymph node ratio (LNR) as a predictor of re-recurrences. DSM was significantly higher in the re-recurrence group compared with the single-recurrence group (6.8% vs. 0.5%, p = 0.019). Surgical treatment at the first recurrence significantly lowered the risk of re-recurrences. Age (≥55), male sex, and LNR (≥0.15) were independent significant risk factors for re-recurrences in patients who underwent surgery at the first recurrence. Surgical resection is the optimal treatment for initial thyroid cancer recurrence. LNR at re-operation is more effective in predicting re-recurrence than the absolute number of metastatic LNs.
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spelling pubmed-99131162023-02-11 Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma Park, Joonseon Kang, Il Ku Bae, Ja Seong Kim, Jeong Soo Kim, Kwangsoon Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Although the prognosis for thyroid cancer is favorable with a low mortality rate, the recurrence rate is high and predictors of re-recurrence and disease-specific mortality have not been established. This study revealed that multiple recurrences of thyroid cancer are associated with a higher mortality rate than a single recurrence, and the optimal treatment for the first recurrence is surgery. The lymph node ratio is a more suitable prognostic predictor than the number of positive lymph nodes in patients who undergo re-operation for the first recurrence of thyroid cancer. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to establish the risk factors for re-recurrences and disease-specific mortality (DSM) in recurrent thyroid cancer. Patients with recurrent thyroid cancer who underwent initial thyroid surgery from January 2000 to December 2019 at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (Seoul, Korea) were assessed. Clinicopathological characteristics and long-term oncologic outcomes were compared between patients with one recurrence (n = 202) and patients with re-recurrences (n = 44). Logistic regression and cox-regression analyses were conducted to determine the risk factors for re-recurrences and DSM, respectively. Receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis was performed to determine the cutoff value for lymph node ratio (LNR) as a predictor of re-recurrences. DSM was significantly higher in the re-recurrence group compared with the single-recurrence group (6.8% vs. 0.5%, p = 0.019). Surgical treatment at the first recurrence significantly lowered the risk of re-recurrences. Age (≥55), male sex, and LNR (≥0.15) were independent significant risk factors for re-recurrences in patients who underwent surgery at the first recurrence. Surgical resection is the optimal treatment for initial thyroid cancer recurrence. LNR at re-operation is more effective in predicting re-recurrence than the absolute number of metastatic LNs. MDPI 2023-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9913116/ /pubmed/36765580 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030624 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma
title Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma
title_full Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma
title_fullStr Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma
title_short Clinical Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio of the Second Operation to Predict Re-Recurrence in Thyroid Carcinoma
title_sort clinical significance of the lymph node ratio of the second operation to predict re-recurrence in thyroid carcinoma
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9913116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36765580
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers15030624
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