血管侵犯
医学
甲状腺癌
淋巴血管侵犯
病理
回顾性队列研究
淋巴系统
逻辑回归
人口统计学的
淋巴
癌
内科学
甲状腺
肿瘤科
癌症
转移
人口学
社会学
作者
Jordan Reilly,Erfan Faridmoayer,Morta Lapkus,Jacquelyn Pastewski,Fionna Sun,Heba Elassar,Diane Studzinski,Rose E. Callahan,Peter Czako,Sapna Nagar
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.11.038
摘要
The clinical impact of vascular invasion in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) is not well understood. Our aim was to determine if there was an association between vascular invasion and other tumor characteristics and patient outcomes in PTC.A retrospective chart review was performed of 536 patients with PTC between January 2007-December 2011. Patient demographics, comorbidities, tumor characteristics, and outcomes were collected.Vascular invasion was associated with lymphatic invasion, capsular invasion, extrathyroidal extension, and the presence of positive lymph nodes. Logistic regression revealed that tumor size was a predictor of vascular invasion. Vascular invasion in PTC tumors was associated with higher tumor recurrence rates, but there were no differences in mortality.This study indicates that vascular invasion in PTC is associated with other aggressive pathologic features and an increased recurrence rate. For these reasons, vascular invasion should be an important tumor characteristic when determining extent of treatment.
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