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01-12-2018 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Parathyroid Carcinoma—Setting the Stage for Prognosis
Authors:
Winifred M. Lo, MD, Dhaval T. Patel, MD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Special Issue 3/2018
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Excerpt
Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare disease with an increasing incidence,
1 but without a staging system. In the development of a staging system, prognostic factors associated with overall survival include age at diagnosis, sex, nodal status, and primary tumor;
2,
3 however, the significance of these individual factors has been debated in prior studies, with a lack of consensus for inclusion in a staging system. The aim of our study
4 was to determine whether the incidence continues to increase, and evaluate the prognostic factors associated with cancer-specific survival in patients with parathyroid carcinoma. …