Prognostic significance of metastatic lymph node size and extra-nodal extension in papillary thyroid carcinoma according to the 9th edition of general rules for the description of thyroid cancer risk stratification: a single center validation study.
Haruhiko Yamazaki, Soji Toda, Rika Sasaki, Aya Saito
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Abstract
Purpose: In the 9th edition of general rules for the description of thyroid cancer (GRDTC), the N factor was subdivided according to the maximum diameter of metastatic lymph nodes, presence of extra-nodal extension (ENE), and location of mediastinal lymph nodes. This study aimed to investigate the clinical usefulness of the 9th GRDTC risk stratification in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients with lymph node metastasis.
Methods: A total of 703 PTC patients with lymph node metastasis who underwent initial thyroidectomy at our institution between January 2000 and October 2023 were included.
Results: Among the 703 patients with PTC, the 10-year cause specific survival rates of patients with pN1a-1 (n = 383), pN1a-2 (n = 13), pN1b-1 (n = 234), and pN1b-2 (n = 73) were 97.9%, 100%, 95.4%, and 76.2%, respectively (p < 0.001). Therefore, the pN1b-2 classification identified patients with a worse prognosis among those with pN1b. Among the 664 patients with M0 PTC, the 10-year disease free survival (DFS) rates of the patients with pN1a-1 (n = 378), pN1a-2 (n = 13), pN1b-1 (n = 215), and pN1b-2 (n = 58) were 86.9%, 62.5%, 79.9%, and 59.4%, respectively (p < 0.001). The pN1b-2 category was associated with worse DFS in pN1b patients.
Conclusions: The 9th edition of the GRDTC may be useful for stratifying the prognosis of patients with PTC. The risk assessment of PTC-related death and recurrence will be more accurate by considering the size of lymph node metastasis and ENE in GRDTC.
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Well-established as a major journal in today’s rapidly advancing experimental and clinical research areas, Endocrine publishes original articles devoted to basic (including molecular, cellular and physiological studies), translational and clinical research in all the different fields of endocrinology and metabolism. Articles will be accepted based on peer-reviews, priority, and editorial decision. Invited reviews, mini-reviews and viewpoints on relevant pathophysiological and clinical topics, as well as Editorials on articles appearing in the Journal, are published. Unsolicited Editorials will be evaluated by the editorial team. Outcomes of scientific meetings, as well as guidelines and position statements, may be submitted. The Journal also considers special feature articles in the field of endocrine genetics and epigenetics, as well as articles devoted to novel methods and techniques in endocrinology.
Endocrine covers controversial, clinical endocrine issues. Meta-analyses on endocrine and metabolic topics are also accepted. Descriptions of single clinical cases and/or small patients studies are not published unless of exceptional interest. However, reports of novel imaging studies and endocrine side effects in single patients may be considered. Research letters and letters to the editor related or unrelated to recently published articles can be submitted.
Endocrine covers leading topics in endocrinology such as neuroendocrinology, pituitary and hypothalamic peptides, thyroid physiological and clinical aspects, bone and mineral metabolism and osteoporosis, obesity, lipid and energy metabolism and food intake control, insulin, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, hormones of male and female reproduction, adrenal diseases pediatric and geriatric endocrinology, endocrine hypertension and endocrine oncology.