title: Malignant thyroid tumours 1932 to 1972: the outcome in 492 patients.
abstract: We report on 492 patients treated for thyroid cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital between 1932 and 1972: 380 of the patients are now dead. Eighty-three per cent (n = 410) are tumours of follicular cell origin. We found the crude 20-year probability of survival to be 54% in papillary carcinoma, 29% in follicular carcinoma and 1% in anaplastic carcinoma. Considering solely cancer deaths, the survival in papillary cases was 68%. Age, histology (tumour type), extent of primary tumour (T stage), haematogenous metastases (M1 stage) and, to a lesser extent, sex exercised a significant influence on survival. We support the use of these five factors to produce a prognostic index for estimating the level of risk for tumours of follicular cell origin. We add our experience in the non-follicular cell tumours of medullary carcinoma (3%), lymphoma (7%) and fibrosarcoma (1%).
authors.affiliation: Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Staunton
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bourne
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology