Figure 1. Thyroglobulin levels in patients with brain metastases from thyroid cancer (TC) (group 1), TC with systemic/local disease (group 2), and TC with no evidence of disease.
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Volume 6, Number 3, June 2016, pages 90-94
Thyroid Cancer Brain Metastases and Thyroglobulin
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| Case | Gender | Age (years) | Histology | Time for BM from diagnosis (months) | Tg (ng/mL) | Other sites affected | Number and size (mm) of BM | Treatment | Survival (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD: well differentiated; PD: poorly differentiated; S: single; M: multiple; WBRT: whole brain radiotherapy; Qx: surgical resection; Tg: thyroglobulin. | |||||||||
| 1 | F | 65 | PD follicular | 5 | 8,555 | Local, lung | S 41 | WBRT | 7 |
| 2 | M | 62 | WD papillary | 1 | 116 | Local, lung | M 38 | WBRT | 1 |
| 3 | M | 50 | WD papillary | 20 | 13,687 | Local, bone, lung | M 57 | WBRT | 6 |
| 4 | M | 54 | WD papillary | 29 | 24,551 | Local, bone, lung | M 38 | WBRT | 1 |
| 5 | M | 55 | WD papillary | 15 | 300 | Local, lung | S 55 | Qx + WBRT | 58 |
| 6 | F | 56 | WD papillary | 31 | 8,555 | Local, lung | S 41 | Qx + WBRT | 34 |
| 7 | M | 72 | PD papillary | 9 | 849 | Local, bone, lung | M 10 | WBRT | 13 |