title: A retrospective analysis of thyroid cancer.
abstract: We reviewed the results of 2071 thyroidectomies performed during the past 11 years at Uludağ University School of Medicine Hospital. Of all the patients 1602 (77.4%) were women and 469 (22.6%) were men (F:M = 3.4:1). Seventy-eight of the thyroid surgery patients (3.77%) had thyroid carcinoma, with a female to male ratio of 2.0:1. The relative risk of thyroid cancer in male versus female patients with thyroid nodules was determined to be 1.75:1. Patient distribution by thyroid carcinoma type was: papillary carcinoma 49%, follicular carcinoma 24%, undifferentiated carcinoma 10%, metastatic carcinoma 10%, and medullary carcinoma 6%. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has been used routinely in our hospital for the last 4 years. During this period, the average number of operations decreased from 201 to 130 per year and the surgical diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma increased from 2.85 to 7.65%. We conclude that papillary carcinoma is relatively less prevalent in our population and that fine needle aspiration biopsy is the preferred method of diagnosing nodular thyroid disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ertürk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tuncel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yerci
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imamoğlu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arinik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery