[Cancer of the thyroid gland in an endemic focus].
The authors present 28 (1.1%) cases of cancer of the thyroid gland. The volume of surgical intervention for cancer of the thyroid gland depends on the stage of the process. Thyroidectomy and bilateral Crile's operation are indicated in presence of metastases in the lymphatic nodes in both sides of the neck. This intervention should be followed by postoperative radiotherapeutics. Average survival up to 5 years has constituted 50%, above, 10 years = 25%.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012800:Siberia; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
Rak shchitovidnoĭ zhelezy v éndemicheskom ochage.