title: [Thyroid cancer in material of the II Department of Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk].
abstract: The aim of study is an evaluation of the diagnostic methods and results of surgical treatment 202 patients suffered from thyroid cancer. Those patients were operated on in II Department of Surgery Medical University of Gdańsk in the years 1950-1993. There were 146 female and 56 males. Most frequently histological finding was papillar cancer--71 cases, follicular cancer in 57 cases, medullar cancer in 31 cases and anaplastic cancer in 43 cases. FNB diagnosis of the cancer was established 89% of the patients before operation, during operation in 96% cases. In the majority of the patients with papillar cancer total thyroidectomy were carried out but the medullar and anaplastic cancer this treatment was possible only in small numbers of cases. In majority of those patients adjuvant treatment was performed. 128 patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer was treated 131. Radiotherapy have been applied in all patients with medullar and anaplastic cancer. In cases of well-differentiated thyroid cancer the serum thyroglobulin level was also determined.
authors.affiliation: II Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wajda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lachiński
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gruca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dembowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marczewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Rak tarczycy w materiale II Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.