Open AccessTumor Size and Presence of Metastatic Disease at Diagnosis are Associated with Disease-Specific Survival in Parathyroid Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Winifred Lo,
Meghan L. Good,
Naris Nilubol,
Nancy D. Perrier,
Dhaval Patel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.764
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1534-4681
pISSN - 1068-9265
DOI - 10.1245/s10434-018-6559-6
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , parathyroid carcinoma , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , cancer , population , surgical oncology , univariate analysis , oncology , carcinoma , disease , confidence interval , multivariate analysis , physics , environmental health , optics
The incidence of parathyroid carcinoma is reported to be rising. There is minimal data on prognostic variables associated with cancer-specific survival. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the trends in incidence and assess prognostic factors.