TY  - JOUR
TI  - Is the Multifocality Rate in Thyroid Cancer Patients Increasing Over the Years
AB  - Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer, and its inciden ce continues to increase. Multifocality is common in PTC, and it has been suggested in many studies that multifocality may be associated with poor prognosis. In this study, data of patients followed with multifocal PTC were evaluated. Following the approval of the local ethics committee, the data of patients who received total thyroidectomy and subsequent radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment for thyroid cancer between 2012 and 2020 were evaluated. Multifocality was detected in 142 (19.88%) of the 714 PTC patients studied. The rate of multifocality among PTC patients was 3.29% in 2012, 7.2% in 2013, 10.1% in 2014, 10.5% in 2015, 38.15% in 2016, 31.6% in 2017, 33.33% in 2018, 32.58% in 2019 and 22.22% in 2020. Of these patients, 52.1% had 2 foci, 20.4% had 3 foc i, 15.5% had 4 foci, and 12% had 5 or more foci. Multifocality was observed in the right and left lobe in 54.2% of the patients, the right lobe in 21.1% of the patients and t he left lobe in 12.7% of the patients. Multifocality was not detected in the isthm us only. It was found that as the number of tumor foci increased, differentiation decreased. It was observed that multifocality was more common in microcarcinomas. In our clinic, it has been observed that the rate of multifocal PTC has increased in recent years. This significant increase may be the result of morphological changes as well as improvements in diagnosis and treatment.
AU  - gömeç, muhammed
AU  - Gedikli, Mustafa Asım
AU  - Ertürk, Seyit Ahmet
AU  - HASBEK, Zekiye
DO  - 10.5505/ejm.2023.18853
PY  - 2023
JO  - Eastern Journal of Medicine
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
SN  - 1301-0883
SP  - 314
EP  - 319
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1179669
ER  -