Brain metastases in well-differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid
| Autor: | D H Shah, A M Samuel |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Cancer Research Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment External beam radiation Brain tumor 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Carcinoma Humans Thyroid Neoplasms Thyroid cancer Aged Chemotherapy business.industry Brain Neoplasms Thyroid Histology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Survival Analysis Well differentiated medicine.anatomical_structure Treatment Outcome Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female business |
| Zdroj: | Tumori. 83(2) |
| ISSN: | 0300-8916 |
| Popis: | Fifteen patients (4 males and 11 females) developed brain metastases from well-differentiated thyroid cancer within 1 month to 14 years of the initial diagnosis. One patient presented with a brain tumor. Except for 3 patients with unique brain metastases, all the others had extensive metastases in nodes, lungs and bones in various combinations. Brain metastases generally appeared after the onset of metastases at other sites. The histology of the brain tumor matched the primary pathology in the 6 operated cases. The treatment was surgery and external radiation in 6 cases, and radioiodine or chemotherapy in the others. Survival in general was less than 6 months after the diagnosis of brain metastases. The prognosis is poor once the onset of brain metastases is evident. |
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