M C Coburn1, H J Wanebo. 1. Department of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Age and certain pathologic features (ie, follicular histology, vascular invasion, and extracapsular extension) are reported to impact on prognosis in thyroid cancer, but the relationship between these two factors remains incompletely defined. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Clinical, pathologic, therapeutic, prognostic, and outcome data were retrospectively collected and compared among three groups of patients with thyroid cancer: group 1 (age 21 to 50), group 2 (age 51 to 70), and group 3 (age greater than 70). RESULTS: There was a statistically significant age-related decrement in survival: 10-year survival was 92% in group 1, 77% in group 2, and 48% in group 3. Follicular histology, vascular invasion, and extracapsular extension were more frequently observed in group 3 versus group 2 and in group 2 versus group 1 (all differences statistically significant except for vascular invasion). Although survival was significantly less for group 3 versus group 2 versus group 1, only vascular invasion and extracapsular extension independently predicted outcome by multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The prognostic importance of age in thyroid cancer may be due to the greater prevalence of pathologic risk factors in older patients.
BACKGROUND: Age and certain pathologic features (ie, follicular histology, vascular invasion, and extracapsular extension) are reported to impact on prognosis in thyroid cancer, but the relationship between these two factors remains incompletely defined. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Clinical, pathologic, therapeutic, prognostic, and outcome data were retrospectively collected and compared among three groups of patients with thyroid cancer: group 1 (age 21 to 50), group 2 (age 51 to 70), and group 3 (age greater than 70). RESULTS: There was a statistically significant age-related decrement in survival: 10-year survival was 92% in group 1, 77% in group 2, and 48% in group 3. Follicular histology, vascular invasion, and extracapsular extension were more frequently observed in group 3 versus group 2 and in group 2 versus group 1 (all differences statistically significant except for vascular invasion). Although survival was significantly less for group 3 versus group 2 versus group 1, only vascular invasion and extracapsular extension independently predicted outcome by multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The prognostic importance of age in thyroid cancer may be due to the greater prevalence of pathologic risk factors in older patients.
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