Open AccessMetastases to the thyroid gland: A retrospective analysis of 21 patients
Author(s) -
Xiaowei Wang,
Yuan Huang,
Zengguang Zheng,
Wenming Cao,
Bin Chen,
Xiaojia Wang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_435_16
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , retrospective cohort study , thyroid cancer , cancer , breast cancer , esophagus , incidence (geometry) , survival rate , oncology , physics , optics
Metastases to the thyroid gland are uncommon and often occur in patients with advanced metastatic diseases. The management and prognosis of secondary thyroid malignancies (STMs) are not well established. This retrospective study reported the incidence, clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of STM in patients with metastatic tumors.