%0 Journal Article
%T Predictive value of hematologic parameters and clinicopathological features of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
%A Huang D
%A Zhang J
%A Zheng X
%A Gao M
%J Langenbecks Arch Surg
%V 409
%N 1
%D 2024 Aug 6
%M 39105980
%F 2.895
%R 10.1007/s00423-024-03431-8
%X OBJECTIVE: Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) are rare, aggressive thyroid cancers with poor prognosis. At present, there are a limited number of research reports on PDTC and ATC. The study aimed to analysis the predictive value of hematologic parameters and clinicopathological features of PDTC and ATC.
METHODS: This study retrospectively analyzed 67 patients at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital from 2007 to 2019. We analyzed the clinicopathological features and survival outcomes of PDTC and ATC.
RESULTS: This study showed that positive D-dimer, a high NLR, and a high PLR were more common in death patients. At the end of follow-up, 22 (32.8%) patients were alive at the time of study and 45 (67.2%) patients died from thyroid carcinoma. Disease-related death rates were 93.8% in ATC and 42.9% in the PDTC group. The median overall survival (OS) was 2.5 (0.3-84) months for patients with ATC, and 56 (3-113) months of PDTC patients. Univariate analysis showed that age at diagnosis and surgery were associations with OS in ATC patients, what's more, age at diagnosis, a high NLR, a high PLR, and positive D-dimer were associations with OS in PDTC patients. Multivariate analysis revealed that age at diagnosis was an independent association with OS in ATC patients.
CONCLUSIONS: The hematologic parameters and clinicopathological features may provide predictive value of prognosis for patients with PTDC and ATC.