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BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
卷 108, 期 2, 页码 174-181出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaa047
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In this study, it was found that patients with DSR-negative tumors in medullary thyroid cancer did not have lateral lymph node or distant metastases at diagnosis or during follow-up, and were biochemically cured. Therefore, lymph node surgery may be individualized based on intraoperative DSR analysis in these patients.
Background: Medullary thyroid cancer can be subdivided during surgery into tumours with or without a desmoplastic stromal reaction (DSR). DSR positivity is regarded as a sign of disposition to metastasize. The aim of this study was to analyse whether lateral lymph node dissection can be omitted in patients with DSR-negative tumours. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of a prospectively maintained database of patients with medullary thyroid cancer treated using a standardized protocol, and subdivided into DSR-negative and -positive groups based on the results of intraoperative frozen-section analysis. Patients in the DSR-negative group did not undergo lateral lymph node dissection. Long-term clinical and biochemical follow-up data were collected, and baseline parameters and histopathological characteristics were compared between groups. Results: The study included 360 patients. In the DSR-negative group (17.8 per cent of all tumours) no patient had lateral lymph node or distant metastases at diagnosis or during follow-up, and all patients were biochemically cured. In the DSR-positive group (82.2 per cent of all tumours), lymph node and distant metastases were present in 31.4 and 6.4 per cent of patients respectively. DSR-negative tumours were more often stage pT1a and were significantly smaller. The median levels of basal calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen were significantly lower in the DSR-negative group, although when adjusted for T category both showed widely overlapping ranges. Conclusion: Lymph node surgery may be individualized in medullary thyroid cancer based on intraoperative analysis of the DSR. Patients with DSR-negative tumours do not require lateral lymph node dissection.
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