Life Expectancy Is Reduced in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Patients ≥ 45 Years Old with Extensive Local Tumor Invasion, Lateral Lymph Node, or Distant Metastases at Diagnosis and Normal in All Other DTC Patients | Zendy

Frederik A. Verburg | Zendy; Uwe Mäder | Zendy; Karina Tanase | Zendy; E. Thies | Zendy; Stefanie Dießl | Zendy; Andreas K. Buck | Zendy; Markus Luster | Zendy; Christoph Reiners | Zendy

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Life Expectancy Is Reduced in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Patients ≥ 45 Years Old with Extensive Local Tumor Invasion, Lateral Lymph Node, or Distant Metastases at Diagnosis and Normal in All Other DTC Patients

Author(s) -

Frederik A. Verburg,

Uwe Mäder,

Karina Tanase,

E. Thies,

Stefanie Dießl,

Andreas K. Buck,

Markus Luster,

Christoph Reiners

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-2458

Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , population , thyroid cancer , cancer , thyroidectomy , thyroid carcinoma , relative survival , confidence interval , survival rate , thyroid , oncology , urology , surgery , cancer registry , paleontology , environmental health , biology

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) generally has a good prognosis. As yet, however, it is unclear whether life expectancy is reduced in these patients and, if so, to what extent. The aim of this study was to determine how the all-cause mortality rate in DTC patients compares to that of the general population.

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