[Clinical analysis of young adult thyroid papillary cancer patients with bilateral cervical metastases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical features, treatment and prognosis of the young adult papillary thyroid cancer with bilateral cervical lymph nodes metastases.


METHODS
Twenty-four papillary thyroid cancer patients (mean age 16.6 year-old, range 11 to 20 year-old) with bilateral cervical metastases from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1985 were analyzed.


RESULTS
The proportion of the patients in the contemporary patients of the corresponding period was 34.8% (24/69). All the patients in the group were followed up at least 20 years. The survival rates of the patients at 10 years and 20 years were 100% and 90.9%. The recurrence rates of local tumor and distant tumor (lung metastases) were 20.8% (5/24) and 12.5% (3/24).


CONCLUSIONS
After a radical surgery, the recurrence rate of young adult thyroid papillary cancer patients with bilateral cervical metastases is relatively high and the patients have well prognosis.
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Ling
L
Zhang
Zhi
Z
Guo
Yu-Long
YL
Wang
Qing-Hai
QH
Ji
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy