Therapeutic Strategy in Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma – Long-Term Results of the First Single-Center Prospective Non-Randomized Trial Between 2011 and 2015

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Title: Therapeutic Strategy in Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma – Long-Term Results of the First Single-Center Prospective Non-Randomized Trial Between 2011 and 2015
Authors: Agnieszka Czarniecka, Marcin Zeman, Grzegorz Wozniak, Adam Maciejewski, Ewa Stobiecka, Ewa Chmielik, Malgorzata Oczko-Wojciechowska, Jolanta Krajewska, Daria Handkiewicz-Junak, Barbara Jarzab
Source: Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol 12 (2021)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Subject Terms: low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma, extent of surgery, prospective trial, risk of relapse, postoperative complications, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, RC648-665
More Details: Optimal therapeutic strategy in low advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is still a matter of debate. The management differs depending on the country.A prospective non-randomized study was performed to evaluate whether less extensive surgery could be a safe, acceptable, and sufficient therapeutic option in PTC cT1N0M0 patients. The present paper summarizes the results of over a 5-year follow-upMaterialOur prospective group (PG) treated between 2011 and 2015 consisted of 139 patients with cT1aN0M0 PTC who underwent lobectomy (LT) as initial surgical treatment (PGcT1aN0M0 group) and 102 cT1bN0M0 patients in whom total thyroidectomy (TT) with unilateral central neck dissection (CND) was performed (PGcT1bN0M0). PG was compared with the retrospective group (RG) of patients who underwent TT with bilateral CND between 2004 and 2006: 103 cT1aN0M0 patients (RGcT1aN0M0) and 91cT1bN0M0 (RGcT1bN0M0). The risks of reoperation, cancer relapse and postoperative complications were analyzed.ResultsOnly 12 cT1aN0M0 patients (7.6%) withdrew from the trial and underwent TT with bilateral CND. Over 90% of patients accepted less extensive surgery. In 4 cT1aN0M0 cases, TT with CND was performed due to lymph node metastases found intraoperatively. The initial clinical stage according to the TNM/AJCC 7th edition was confirmed histologically in 77% of cases in PGT1aN0M0 and in 72% in PGT1bN0M0, respectively. 24 PGcT1aN0M0 patients were reoperated on. In this group, cancer lesions in the postoperative histological specimens were found in 8 cases (32%). Five-year disease-free survival (DFS) was excellent. However, no statistically significant differences were found between PG and RG groups (99.3% in PGcT1aN0M0 and 99.0%, in RGcT1aN0M0; p = 0.41 and 98%, in PGcT1bN0M0 and 94.4% in RGcT1bN0M0; p=0.19). No significant differences were observed in the incidence of early paresis of the recurrent laryngeal nerves between PG and RG. However, as predicted, LT completely eliminated the risk of postoperative hypoparathyroidism.SummaryThe results of the prospective clinical trial confirm that less extensive surgery in adequately selected low-advanced PTC patients is both safe and sufficient.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-2392
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.718833/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-2392
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.718833
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/ef566eb075d04377acdca7889f0fa79d
Accession Number: edsdoj.f566eb075d04377acdca7889f0fa79d
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16642392
DOI:10.3389/fendo.2021.718833
Published in:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Language:English