Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in 16 Patients with Locally Advanced Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
- 1 February 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Thyroid®
- Vol. 23 (2), 178-184
- https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2012.0194
Abstract
Background: It is believed that chemotherapy (ChT) is ineffective in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of our retrospective chart review was to find out if neoadjuvant ChT before thyroid surgery had any effect on the size of primary tumors in patients with PTC. Methods: The study included 16 patients (13 women, 3 men; median age 63.5 years) with PTC, who were treated with neoadjuvant ChT from 1988 to 2005. Poorly differentiated PTC, classical PTC, a follicular variant of PTC, and a Hürthle cell variant of PTC were diagnosed in 5, 5, 3, and 3 cases, respectively. The mean tumor diameter was 9.67 cm. Seven patients had a pT4 tumor. Regional and distant metastases were detected in 10 and 7 patients, respectively. ChT consisted of vinblastine in 11 cases, vinblastine with adriamycin in 2 cases, and other schedules in 3 cases. Four patients were also treated with preoperative external irradiation. Results: Altogether, 40 cycles of ChT were given. After ChT, the tumor size decreased in all 16 patients: by >50% in 7 (44%) patients and by Conclusions: Neoadjuvant ChT before thyroid surgery may be effective in patients with locally advanced PTC. After neoadjuvant ChT, in 44% of patients, the tumor size decreased by >50%.Keywords
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