scholarly journals Efficacy of radioiodine therapy for treating 20 patients with pulmonary metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer and a meta-analysis of the current literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 928-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
D.-S. Liu ◽  
Z.-S. Luan ◽  
F. Zhang ◽  
X.-H. Liu ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Vol 173 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Jun Song ◽  
Zhong-Ling Qiu ◽  
Chen-Tian Shen ◽  
Wei-Jun Wei ◽  
Quan-Yong Luo

ContextData from a large cohort of patients with pulmonary metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) were retrospectively analyzed.ObjectiveTo assess the effect of radioiodine therapy and investigate the prognostic factors of survival for patients with pulmonary metastasis secondary to DTC.MethodsA total of 372 patients with pulmonary metastasis from DTC treated with131I entered the study. According to the results of131I whole-body scan (WBS), pulmonary metastases were classified as131I-avid and non-131I-avid. For patients with131I-avid lung metastases, treatment response was measured by three parameters: serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels, chest computed tomography (CT) and post-therapeutic131I-WBS. Overall survival was calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method. Factors predictive of the outcome were determined by multivariate analyses.ResultsAmong patients demonstrating131I-avid pulmonary metastases (256/372, 68.8%), 156 cases (156/256, 60.9%) showed a significant decrease in serum Tg levels after131I therapy and 138 cases (138/229, 60.3%) showed a reduction in pulmonary metastases on follow-up CT. A complete cure, however, was only achieved in 62 cases (62/256, 24.2%). Multivariate analysis showed that only age, the presence of multiple distant metastases and pulmonary metastatic node size were significant independent variables between the groups of131I-avid and non-131I-avid.ConclusionThis study indicated that, most131I-avid pulmonary metastases from DTC can obtain partial or complete remission after131I therapy. Younger patients (<40 years old) with only pulmonary metastases and small (‘fine miliaric’ or micronodular) metastases appear to have relative favorite outcomes. Patients who do not respond to131I treatment have a worse prognosis.


2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 845-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Tachi ◽  
Shingo Iwano ◽  
Katsuhiko Kato ◽  
Masanori Tadokoro ◽  
Shinji Naganawa

1979 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Zamrazil ◽  
D. Pohunková ◽  
S. Röhling ◽  
J. Němec

Pulmonary metastases were found in 123 out of 840 patients with thyroid cancer between 1955-1977. 87 patients with pulmonary metastases of differentiated cancer were studied in detail, including an evaluation of prognostically important factors. In 66 of them, the induction of 131I uptake in metastases was attempted, in half of them successfully. Uptake was achieved more frequently in younger subjects, in papillary cancers and in patients with fine pulmonary metastases on chest films. Survival (not corrected for age) was evaluated 10 and 15 years following the diagnosis of thyroid cancer and was found to be 29,1 % and 12,2%, respectively. Significantly higher survival rates were seen in younger patients, in patients with the fine type of pulmonary metastases, in the absence of bone metastases and, particularly, in patients with induced 131I uptake in metastases. Papillary cancers were found to have higher survival rates in males and in young subjects only, in the whole group the survival rates were independent of either microscopic type or sex. It is believed that biologic behaviour of distant (pulmonary) metastases may be influenced by radioiodide therapy.


Author(s):  
Ewelina Szczepanek-Parulska ◽  
Magdalena Wojewoda-Korbelak ◽  
Martyna Borowczyk ◽  
Malgorzata Kaluzna ◽  
Barbara Brominska ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Schmidt ◽  
Christina Antke ◽  
Katalin Mattes‐György ◽  
Hubertus Hautzel ◽  
Stephanie Allelein ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Michele Klain ◽  
Carmela Nappi ◽  
Emilia Zampella ◽  
Valeria Cantoni ◽  
Roberta Green ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose We performed a systematic review and a meta-analysis to investigate the successful ablation rate after radioiodine (RAI) administration in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) at intermediate-high risk of recurrence. Methods A comprehensive literature search of the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases was conducted according to the PRISMA statement. Results The final analysis included 9 studies accounting for 3103 patients at intermediate-high risk of recurrence. In these patients, the successful ablation rates ranged from 51 to 94% with a 71% pooled successful ablation and were higher in intermediate (72%) than in high (52%)-risk patients. Despite the rigorous inclusion standards, a significant heterogeneity among the evaluated studies was observed. Higher administered RAI activities are associated with a lower successful ablation rate in the whole population and in the subgroup of high-risk patients. Furthermore, pooled recurrence rate in intermediate-risk patients achieving successful ablation was only 2% during the subsequent 6.4-year follow-up while the pooled recurrence rate was 14% in patients who did not achieve a successful ablation. Conclusion In a large sample of 3103 patients at intermediate-high risk of persistent/recurrent disease, 71% of patients achieved a successful ablation. In these intermediate-risk patients, the probability of subsequent recurrence is low and most recurrence occurred in those with already abnormal findings at the first control.


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