SOME DESCRIPTIVE AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MALIGNANT TUMOURS OF THE THYROID GLAND

SURVIVAL OF THE PATIENTS AFTER THERAPY AT WELLDIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA

SURGICAL TECHNIONE OF TOTAL THYROIDEOTOMY

Summary: Thyroid cancer ranges from well- differentiate lesions with excellent prognosis to anaplastic carcinoma which is almost uniformly fatal. Thus, methods to assess the behavior of thyroid malignancis are necessary to arrive at appropriate treatment decisions. We discus the factors (TNM staging system; Staging of the disease; AGES,AMES and MACIS scoring system) that affect the prognosis of patients with thyroid cancer.

Although little doubt exists about the pivotal role of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy in the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer, each step in the subsequent management gives rise to controversy. Fine needle aspiration cytology has three limita. tions. Firstly, about 20% of samples are initially unsatis. factory, although repeat sampling increases the likelihood of obtaining adequate samples. Partly cystic or cystic lesions account for 20% of thyroid nodules and often yield insufficient cells for diagnosis.