Characteristics and survival of adults with differentiated thyroid cancer in a Peruvian hospital.

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú.

Published: October 2024

Background: Motivation for the study. There are few clinical and survival studies in Peru on thyroid cancer.

Background: Main findings. Between the years 2010 to 2020, differentiated thyroid cancer was more frequent in women with early-stage disease, but survival was lower at five years compared to reports from other countries.

Background: Implications. Thyroid cancer has increased in recent decades worldwide. It is important to have specialized and decentralized centers for the initial management and follow-up of these patients to avoid long-term complications or fatal outcomes and to have updated epidemiological information.

Background: This study aimed at studying the clinical and anatomopathological characteristics, treatment and survival of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. A retrospective cohort study was conducted with data from 150 patients from a Peruvian hospital between the years 2010 to 2020. Characteristics and survival (Kaplan-Meier method) were described. The mean age was 48.3 years, 130 participants (86.7%) were women and the most frequent histologic type was papillary 94.6%. Of the participants, 74.2% had TNM stage I, 70.7% had total thyroidectomy and 68.7% received radioactive iodine. Overall survival at 5 years was 89.3%, being lower in those with TNM stage IV and higher in those who used radioactive iodine. In conclusion, in a hospital in Cusco, differentiated thyroid cancer was more frequent in women and survival was lower compared to reports from other countries.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11495931PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2024.413.13378DOI Listing

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