Current concepts in management of oral cancer–surgery

JP Shah, Z Gil - Oral oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, with a high prevalence in South
Asia. Tobacco and alcohol consumption remain the most dominant etiologic factors …

Thyroid cancer epidemiology and prognostic variables

JA Sipos, EL Mazzaferri - Clinical oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Thyroid cancer comprises a broad spectrum of diseases with variable prognoses. Although
most patients with this disease have excellent overall survival, there are some who do not …

Estimating risk of recurrence in differentiated thyroid cancer after total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine remnant ablation: using response to therapy variables to …

RM Tuttle, H Tala, J Shah, R Leboeuf, R Ghossein… - Thyroid, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Background: A risk-adapted approach to management of thyroid cancer requires risk
estimates that change over time based on response to therapy and the course of the …

An international multi-institutional validation of age 55 years as a cutoff for risk stratification in the AJCC/UICC staging system for well-differentiated thyroid cancer

IJ Nixon, LY Wang, JC Migliacci, A Eskander… - Thyroid, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Background: Age is a critical factor in outcome for patients with well-differentiated thyroid
cancer. Currently, age 45 years is used as a cutoff in staging, although there is increasing …

The impact of lymph node involvement on survival in patients with papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma

V Zaydfudim, ID Feurer, MR Griffin, JE Phay - Surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The prognostic role of lymph node metastases in well-differentiated thyroid
carcinoma remains controversial. We investigated impact of lymph node involvement on …

The implication of lymph node metastasis on survival in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer

YD Podnos, D Smith, LD Wagman… - The American …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Though survival for well-differentiated thyroid cancer is very good, specific populations suffer
greater recurrence and mortality. Defining these cohorts can significantly influence …

The impact of distant metastases at presentation on prognosis in patients with differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid gland

IJ Nixon, MM Whitcher, FL Palmer, RM Tuttle… - Thyroid, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Background: Distant metastases at presentation are rare in well-differentiated thyroid cancer
(WDTC). The objective of this study was to report outcomes for patients presenting with …

A novel classification system for patients with PTC: addition of the new variables of large (3 cm or greater) nodal metastases and reclassification during the follow-up …

I Sugitani, N Kasai, Y Fujimoto, A Yanagisawa - Surgery, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several factors have been proven to be useful for classifying patients with
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) into either low-or high-risk groups. However, the relative …

Update on differentiated thyroid cancer staging

DP Momesso, RM Tuttle - Endocrinology and Metabolism …, 2014 - endo.theclinics.com
The last decade has seen a renewed interested in a risk-adapted approach to the
management of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), in which specific treatment and follow …

Pathological tumor-node-metastasis (pTNM) staging for papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas: a retrospective analysis of 700 patients

KC Loh, FS Greenspan, L Gee… - The Journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The TNM classification (tumor-node-metastasis) was adopted by the American Joint
Committee on Cancer and the International Union against Cancer a decade ago to avoid …