TY - JOUR
T1 - Thyrotoxicosis does not protect against incidental papillary thyroid cancer
AU - Preece, Jessica
AU - Grodski, Simon
AU - Yeung, Meei
AU - Bailey, Michael John
AU - Serpell, Jonathan W
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background Thyroid cancer is the 10th most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, and many studies have linked thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Low TSH is thought to be protective against thyroid cancer. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between thyrotoxicosis, in particular Graves disease, and the incidence of incidental PTC.
Methods After ethics approval, a review of the thyroid database at Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit was performed. Data was obtained for the period September 1994 to August 2012 and identified those patients who underwent total thyroidectomy (n = 1,898). Those patients with known or suspected malignancy were excluded from the study (n = 390). The remaining patients (n = 1,508) were divided into 3 groups: Graves disease (n = 250), toxic multinodular goiter (MNG; n = 295), and nontoxic MNG (n = 963) based on indication for surgery and thyroid status. Data were analyzed for the presence of malignancy in each group.
Results Of the 1,508 patients included in the study, 96 (6.4 ) had thyroid cancer, and the incidence of PTC was similar between the 3 groups. There were 16 cases (6.4 ) in the Graves group, 48 cases (5 ) in the nontoxic MNG group, and 20 cases (6.8 ) in the toxic MNG group (P =.41).
Conclusion The incidence of malignancy, particularly PTC, is similar in patients with Graves disease, toxic MNG, and nontoxic MNG. This study demonstrates no protective effect of thyrotoxicosis on the incidence of incidental thyroid cancer.
AB - Background Thyroid cancer is the 10th most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, and many studies have linked thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Low TSH is thought to be protective against thyroid cancer. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between thyrotoxicosis, in particular Graves disease, and the incidence of incidental PTC.
Methods After ethics approval, a review of the thyroid database at Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit was performed. Data was obtained for the period September 1994 to August 2012 and identified those patients who underwent total thyroidectomy (n = 1,898). Those patients with known or suspected malignancy were excluded from the study (n = 390). The remaining patients (n = 1,508) were divided into 3 groups: Graves disease (n = 250), toxic multinodular goiter (MNG; n = 295), and nontoxic MNG (n = 963) based on indication for surgery and thyroid status. Data were analyzed for the presence of malignancy in each group.
Results Of the 1,508 patients included in the study, 96 (6.4 ) had thyroid cancer, and the incidence of PTC was similar between the 3 groups. There were 16 cases (6.4 ) in the Graves group, 48 cases (5 ) in the nontoxic MNG group, and 20 cases (6.8 ) in the toxic MNG group (P =.41).
Conclusion The incidence of malignancy, particularly PTC, is similar in patients with Graves disease, toxic MNG, and nontoxic MNG. This study demonstrates no protective effect of thyrotoxicosis on the incidence of incidental thyroid cancer.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039606014001950
U2 - 10.1016/j.surg.2014.04.025
DO - 10.1016/j.surg.2014.04.025
M3 - Article
VL - 156
SP - 1153
EP - 1156
JO - Surgery
JF - Surgery
SN - 0039-6060
IS - 5
ER -
