Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: To detect persistent/recurrent disease of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) after initial surgery is important. The Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging system is useful for predicting disease-specific mortality, but it is static and does not include postoperative serum calcitonin levels. We focused on the clinical usefulness of dynamic risk stratification (DRS) using the best response to initial therapy in patients with MTC.Methods: A total of 1...

Background: The prevalence of thyroid cancer has increased very rapidly in Korea. However, there is no data focusing on thyroid cancer mortality in Korea. In this study, we aimed to evaluate standardized thyroid cancer mortality using national data from Statistics Korea.Methods: Population and mortality data from 1985 to 2015 were obtained from Statistics Korea. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) of thyroid cancer per 100 000 were calculated accordi...