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Follicular carcinoma, widely invasive

MedGen UID:
740272
•Concept ID:
C1720470
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Neoplastic Process
SNOMED CT: Follicular carcinoma, widely invasive (420301000)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Evaluation of the follicular patterned thyroid lesions based on the WHO 2022 criteria with an emphasis on the grey-zone lesions.
Misra S, Dhawan S, Badwal S, Sengupta A, Khosla A, Agarwal SK, Rao S
Ann Diagn Pathol 2024 Aug;71:152282. Epub 2024 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152282. PMID: 38522359
Management of follicular thyroid carcinoma should be individualised based on degree of capsular and vascular invasion.
O'Neill CJ, Vaughan L, Learoyd DL, Sidhu SB, Delbridge LW, Sywak MS
Eur J Surg Oncol 2011 Feb;37(2):181-5. Epub 2010 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.11.005. PMID: 21144693
Update on the diagnosis and treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer.
Miccoli P, Minuto MN, Berti P, Materazzi G
Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2009 Oct;53(5):465-72. PMID: 19910899

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Risk factors for death of follicular thyroid carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhang T, He L, Wang Z, Dong W, Sun W, Zhang P, Zhang H
Endocrine 2023 Dec;82(3):457-466. Epub 2023 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s12020-023-03466-9. PMID: 37804444Free PMC Article
Follicular and Hurthle Cell Carcinoma: Comparison of Clinicopathological Features and Clinical Outcomes.
Matsuura D, Yuan A, Wang L, Ranganath R, Adilbay D, Harries V, Patel S, Tuttle M, Xu B, Ghossein R, Ganly I
Thyroid 2022 Mar;32(3):245-254. doi: 10.1089/thy.2021.0424. PMID: 35078345Free PMC Article
The Current Histologic Classification of Thyroid Cancer.
Asa SL
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2019 Mar;48(1):1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2018.10.001. PMID: 30717895
Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for minimally and widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinomas.
Huang CC, Hsueh C, Liu FH, Chao TC, Lin JD
Surg Oncol 2011 Mar;20(1):1-6. Epub 2009 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.06.006. PMID: 19596568
Follicular carcinoma.
Franssila KO, Ackerman LV, Brown CL, Hedinger CE
Semin Diagn Pathol 1985 May;2(2):101-22. PMID: 3843689

Diagnosis

Prognosis and influencing factors of follicular thyroid cancer.
Shen J, Yan M, Chen L, Ou D, Yao J, Feng N, Zhou X, Lei Z, Xu D
Cancer Med 2024 Jan;13(1):e6727. Epub 2023 Dec 16 doi: 10.1002/cam4.6727. PMID: 38102879Free PMC Article
DICER1 Mutations Do Not Always Indicate Dismal Prognosis in Pediatric Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinomas.
Yegen G, Altay AY, Yılmaz İ, İşcan Y, Sormaz İC, Aksakal N, Önder S, Mete Ö
Endocr Pathol 2023 Sep;34(3):279-286. Epub 2023 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s12022-023-09780-2. PMID: 37574466
Ultrasonographic features for differentiating follicular thyroid carcinoma and follicular adenoma.
Kuo TC, Wu MH, Chen KY, Hsieh MS, Chen A, Chen CN
Asian J Surg 2020 Jan;43(1):339-346. Epub 2019 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2019.04.016. PMID: 31182260
Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for minimally and widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinomas.
Huang CC, Hsueh C, Liu FH, Chao TC, Lin JD
Surg Oncol 2011 Mar;20(1):1-6. Epub 2009 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.06.006. PMID: 19596568
Follicular carcinoma.
Franssila KO, Ackerman LV, Brown CL, Hedinger CE
Semin Diagn Pathol 1985 May;2(2):101-22. PMID: 3843689

Therapy

Clinical Outcomes and Implications of Radioactive Iodine Therapy on Cancer-specific Survival in WHO Classification of FTC.
Li G, Ye Z, Wei T, Zhu J, Li Z, Lei J
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024 Aug 13;109(9):2294-2305. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae122. PMID: 38436929
Prognostic factors of minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma: extensive vascular invasion significantly affects patient prognosis.
Ito Y, Hirokawa M, Masuoka H, Yabuta T, Kihara M, Higashiyama T, Takamura Y, Kobayashi K, Miya A, Miyauchi A
Endocr J 2013;60(5):637-42. Epub 2013 Jan 18 doi: 10.1507/endocrj.ej12-0419. PMID: 23327839
Outcomes and prognostic factors of 251 patients with minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Sugino K, Kameyama K, Ito K, Nagahama M, Kitagawa W, Shibuya H, Ohkuwa K, Yano Y, Uruno T, Akaishi J, Suzuki A, Masaki C, Ito K
Thyroid 2012 Aug;22(8):798-804. doi: 10.1089/thy.2012.0051. PMID: 22853727
Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for minimally and widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinomas.
Huang CC, Hsueh C, Liu FH, Chao TC, Lin JD
Surg Oncol 2011 Mar;20(1):1-6. Epub 2009 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.06.006. PMID: 19596568
Classification and treatment of follicular thyroid neoplasms are discordant between and within medical specialties.
Perrier ND, Ituarte PH, Treseler P, D'Avanzo A, Siperstein A, Duh QY, Clark OH
Surgery 1999 Dec;126(6):1063-8; discussion 1069. doi: 10.1067/msy.2099.101424. PMID: 10598189

Prognosis

Prognosis and influencing factors of follicular thyroid cancer.
Shen J, Yan M, Chen L, Ou D, Yao J, Feng N, Zhou X, Lei Z, Xu D
Cancer Med 2024 Jan;13(1):e6727. Epub 2023 Dec 16 doi: 10.1002/cam4.6727. PMID: 38102879Free PMC Article
Risk factors for death of follicular thyroid carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhang T, He L, Wang Z, Dong W, Sun W, Zhang P, Zhang H
Endocrine 2023 Dec;82(3):457-466. Epub 2023 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s12020-023-03466-9. PMID: 37804444Free PMC Article
Follicular and Hurthle Cell Carcinoma: Comparison of Clinicopathological Features and Clinical Outcomes.
Matsuura D, Yuan A, Wang L, Ranganath R, Adilbay D, Harries V, Patel S, Tuttle M, Xu B, Ghossein R, Ganly I
Thyroid 2022 Mar;32(3):245-254. doi: 10.1089/thy.2021.0424. PMID: 35078345Free PMC Article
The Current Histologic Classification of Thyroid Cancer.
Asa SL
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2019 Mar;48(1):1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2018.10.001. PMID: 30717895
Follicular carcinoma.
Franssila KO, Ackerman LV, Brown CL, Hedinger CE
Semin Diagn Pathol 1985 May;2(2):101-22. PMID: 3843689

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical Outcomes and Implications of Radioactive Iodine Therapy on Cancer-specific Survival in WHO Classification of FTC.
Li G, Ye Z, Wei T, Zhu J, Li Z, Lei J
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024 Aug 13;109(9):2294-2305. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae122. PMID: 38436929
DICER1 Mutations Do Not Always Indicate Dismal Prognosis in Pediatric Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinomas.
Yegen G, Altay AY, Yılmaz İ, İşcan Y, Sormaz İC, Aksakal N, Önder S, Mete Ö
Endocr Pathol 2023 Sep;34(3):279-286. Epub 2023 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s12022-023-09780-2. PMID: 37574466
Prognostic factors for follicular thyroid carcinoma: the importance of vascular invasion.
Ito Y, Hirokawa M, Masuoka H, Higashiyama T, Kihara M, Onoda N, Miya A, Miyauchi A
Endocr J 2022 Sep 28;69(9):1149-1156. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ22-0077. PMID: 35491160
Prediction of follicular thyroid carcinoma associated with distant metastasis in the preoperative and postoperative model.
Kim H, Shin JH, Hahn SY, Oh YL, Kim SW, Park KW, Lim Y
Head Neck 2019 Aug;41(8):2507-2513. Epub 2019 Mar 19 doi: 10.1002/hed.25721. PMID: 30891875
Expression and clinicopathological role of miR146a in thyroid follicular carcinoma.
Pignatti E, Vighi E, Magnani E, Kara E, Roncati L, Maiorana A, Santi D, Madeo B, Cioni K, Carani C, Rochira V, Simoni M, Brigante G
Endocrine 2019 Jun;64(3):575-583. Epub 2019 Jan 30 doi: 10.1007/s12020-019-01845-9. PMID: 30701447

Recent systematic reviews

Prevalence of Differentiated High-Grade Thyroid Carcinoma Among Well-Differentiated Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Poma AM, Macerola E, Ghossein RA, Tallini G, Basolo F
Thyroid 2024 Mar;34(3):314-323. doi: 10.1089/thy.2023.0350. PMID: 38115626Free PMC Article
Risk factors for death of follicular thyroid carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhang T, He L, Wang Z, Dong W, Sun W, Zhang P, Zhang H
Endocrine 2023 Dec;82(3):457-466. Epub 2023 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s12020-023-03466-9. PMID: 37804444Free PMC Article

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