Surgical treatment for thyroid carcinoma: retrospective study with 811 patients in a Brazilian tertiary hospital

• Main Authors: Beatriz G. Cavalheiro, Leandro L. Matos, Ana Kober N. Leite, Marco Aurélio V. Kulcsar, Claudio R. Cernea, Lenine G. Brandão
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2016-10-01
• Series: Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Subjects: Thyroid diseases; thyroid neoplasms; epidemiology; prognosis
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972016000500472&lng=en&tlng=en

ABSTRACT Objective The aim of the present study was to describe the epidemiologic data, histological type, treatment and follow-up of the 811 patients treated for thyroid cancer in Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) over 5 years. Materials and methods Retrospective analyses of electronic chart information. Results There were 679 cases (83.7%) of papillary thyroid cancer, 61 (7.5%) of follicular carcinoma, 54 (6.7%) of medullary carcinoma, 11 (1.4%) of poorly differentiated carcinoma and 6 of anaplastic carcinoma (0.7%). The majority of patients were female (82.2%), and the mean age was 50.5 ± 15 years. Two hundred forty-two patients had disease persistence or recurrence. At the last follow-up, 629 (77.6%) patients were alive and disease free, 141 (17.4%) were alive with disease, and 41 (5.1%) were deceased, with 37 deaths related to thyroid cancer. Conclusion This study was able to outline the profile, disease type and evolution of patients treated for thyroid cancer at a single tertiary hospital.