Simone De Leo, Silvia D'Elia, Giorgio Grani, Francesco Dondi, Francesco Bertagna, Efisio Puxeddu, Silvia Morelli, Alessandro Piovesan, Alice Nervo, Maria Chiara Zatelli, Irene Gagliardi, Maria Teresa Samà, Gianluca Aimaretti, Umberto Crocetti, Michela Massa, Maurilio Deandrea, Francesca Retta, Loredana Pagano, Mattia Rossi, Erica Solaroli, Luciano Pezzullo, Maria Grazia Chiofalo, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Celestino Pio Lombardi, Alessandro Antonelli, Armando Patrizio, Ilaria Messuti, Flavia Magri, Giovanna Spiazzi, Graziano Ceresini, Rocco Bruno, Clotilde Sparano, Marco Centanni, Anna Crescenzi, Giovanni Tallini, Vincenzo Marotta, Bruno Madeo, Caterina Mian, Sebastiano Filetti, Cosimo Durante, Laura Fugazzola
Background There is some controversy on the potential relationship between autoimmune processes and clinicopathological features as well as prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), and the evidence is limited by its largely retrospective nature. We examined the relationship between the presence of autoimmune thyroiditis and 1-year thyroid cancer treatment outcomes in a large, multi-center study, using prospectively collected data. Methods We included data from consecutive DTC patients enrolled in the Italian Thyroid Cancer observatory (ITCO) database (NCT04031339)...
September 19, 2023: Thyroid: Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association