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RET gene mutation analysis and long-term clinical outcomes of medullary thyroid cancer patients.

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OBJECTIVE:Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a rare, potentially aggressive tumour, with relatively worse prognosis than well-differentiated thyroid cancer. We evaluated the long-term outcomes and prognosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma patients at a single institution in India and compared outcomes based on results of RET protooncogene mutation analysis. METHODS:Data were retrieved through a prospectively maintained thyroid cancer database from 1998 to June 2019, and medullary thyroid carcinoma patients were recruited. RET gene mutation status (exon 10-16) was assessed. Patient with a minimum follow-up of 12 months was eligible to be part of the long-term outcome analysis. RESULTS:Out of 149 peripheral blood samples, 42 were positive for RET gene mutation (prevalence of 28.1%). The median follow-up duration was 48 months, ranging from 12 to 240 months. Long-term clinical outcomes of 113 patients were assessed. Two deaths were noted in this series. Both 5- and 10-year survival was cent per cent. Overall survival was 98.2% (97.3% in RET positive and 98.7% in RET negative group). Progression-free survival was 55.4% in total (60% in RET positive and 53.3% in RET negative group). No statistically significant difference was found between RET positive and RET negative groups concerning overall survival (P = 0.6011) and progression-free survival (P = 0.5140). Univariate analysis revealed high calcitonin (>10 pg/mL), stage IV disease, and presence of lymph nodal metastasis to be significant predictors of disease recurrence, however, multivariate analysis demonstrated the presence of lymph node metastases as the only significant predictor of recurrence (P = 0.0005). CONCLUSIONS:Medullary thyroid carcinoma patients had relatively favourable long-term outcomes. Long-term survival was similar irrespective of RET mutation status. Presence of lymph node metastases appeared to be the strongest predictor of overall and progression-free survival, followed by Calcitonin level and stage of the disease.

journal_name

Nucl Med Commun

journal_title

Nuclear medicine communications

authors

Prabhu M,Shakya S,Ballal S,Ahmed Shamim S,Bal C

doi

10.1097/MNM.0000000000001264

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1136-1142

issue

eissn

0143-3636

issn

1473-5628

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RET gene mutation analysis and long-term clinical outcomes of medullary thyroid cancer patients.