SummaryBackground The aim of this study was to identify the prognostic factors of long-term survival and optimal therapeutic protocol for patients with distant metastasis secondary to differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Methods A retrospective review of 1665 patients with DTC treated at a regional tertiary hospital in Taiwan between 1986 and 2010 was performed. Among them, 207 patients were found to have distant metastasis. For a long-term outcome survey, 126 patients that had received at least 5 years (mean 9AE6 ± 5AE2 years) of follow-up after the diagnosis of distant metastasis were analysed for this study. Prognostic factor analysis included age, sex, histology, disease stage, type of surgical procedure, site of metastatic foci, 131 I
In conclusion, our data indicate that circulating thyroid hormone plays a relevant role in regulating leptin metabolism independent of BMI and body fat.
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