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Primary tumor resection linked to longer survival in patients with distant thyroid cancer metastasis

Dr. Mahsa Sedaghati discusses hers and colleagues’ finding of a significantly longer median survival (54 months vs. 3 months) in patients who underwent primary thyroid tumor resection after presenting with thyroid cancer and distant metastases, vs. patients who did not have primary tumor resection. Data came from a retrospective analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database (1973-2015), including 193,831 cases of thyroid cancer. Of these, 8,178 presented with distant metastases. In turn 5,950 of these had primary tumor resection and 2,228 did not. The survival gap stood despite significant differences in demographics and clinical conditions such as lymph node involvement.