Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020

Thyroid Cancer : Our experience !

Varsha J. Gattani, Seema Patel, Ashok Z. Nitnaware, Ashish Keche

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Thyroid carcinoma accounts for approximately 1.5% of all malignancies and approximately 0.5% of all deaths from cancer. Aims– to study age and gender predilection, and clinical profile of thyroid cancers. A retrospective study including 27 patients with thyroid cancer presented to ENT OPD at GMC Nagpur between January 2017 to December 2019. Detailed history, clinical, cytological and radiological examination was done. Total 27 cases of thyroid cancers, with age range of 10 – 69 years with maximum in age group of 20–40 years. Female preponderance with M:F ratio of 1: 2.8 was noted. Papillary cancer –17 (63%), Follicular cancer – 06 (23%), Medullary cancer – 02(07%), Anaplastic cancer – 02 (07 %). 14 (52%) cases were diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology and 13(48%) cases were diagnosed on postoperative histopathology. Papillary carcinoma was the most common thyroid malignancy encountered in this study. Various treatment modalities are available to cure thyroid cancers.

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THYROID CANCER : OUR EXPERIENCE !, Varsha J.Gattani, Seema Patel, Ashok Z.Nitnaware, Ashish Keche INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020

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