Thyroid disease in older people

P Mitrou, SA Raptis, G Dimitriadis - Maturitas, 2011 - Elsevier
Several changes in thyroid hormone secretion, metabolism, and action occur with the
increase in age. Aging is often associated with a decrease in serum thyroid stimulating …

[PDF][PDF] Thyroid diseases in elderly

A Faggiano, M Del Prete, F Marciello… - Minerva …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Thyroid diseases are the commonest endocrine disorders in the general population. In most
of the cases, they are consistent with benign conditions which may be asymptomatic or affect …

Effect of age on the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer in the phase III SELECT trial

MS Brose, FP Worden, KL Newbold, M Guo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose In the Study of (E7080) Lenvatinib in Differentiated Cancer of the Thyroid
(SELECT), lenvatinib significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) versus placebo …

Association of patient frailty with increased morbidity after common ambulatory general surgery operations

CD Seib, H Rochefort, K Chomsky-Higgins… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Frailty is a measure of decreased physiological reserve that is associated with
morbidity and mortality in major elective and emergency general surgery operations …

Disease-specific survival trends for patients presenting with differentiated thyroid cancer and distant metastases in the United States, 1992–2018

A Wilhelm, PC Conroy, L Calthorpe, AM Shui… - Thyroid, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Objective: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is associated with an excellent prognosis, but
patients with distant metastatic DTC have a 10-year disease-specific survival (DSS) of just …

Development and validation of a nomogram to predict cancer-specific survival in elderly patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a population-based study

J Wang, C Zhanghuang, L Jin, Z Zhang, X Tan, T Mi… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Objective Thyroid carcinoma (TC) is the most common endocrine tumor in the human body.
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) accounts for more than 80% of thyroid cancers. Accurate …

Association between age and disease specific mortality in medullary thyroid cancer

ZT Sahli, JK Canner, MA Zeiger, A Mathur - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between age and disease
specific mortality (DSM) among adults diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) …

Thyroid and aging

S Jasim, H Gharib - Endocrine Practice, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective: Review physiologic thyroid function changes with aging and emphasize careful
interpretation of tests in the aging population. Methods: Literature review. Results: Using age …

Race/ethnicity and the prevalence of thyrotoxicosis in young Americans

DSA McLeod, DS Cooper, PW Ladenson… - Thyroid, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Background: Race/ethnicity may be a newly recognized risk factor for Graves' disease.
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of thyrotoxicosis by …

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in the elderly: influence of age on disease-free and overall survival

JJ Díez, E Anda, V Alcazar, ML Isidro, C Familiar… - Endocrine, 2022 - Springer
Purpose We investigated whether age at diagnosis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC)
may be a risk factor for structural disease and mortality after primary treatment in aging …