Time to Recurrence as a Prognostic Factor in Parathyroid Carcinoma.
Felipe Ferraz MagnaboscoMarilia D'Elboux Guimarães BresciaClimério Pereira Nascimento JúniorLedo Mazzei Massoni NetoSergio Samir ArapGilberto de Castro JuniorFelipe Lourenço LedesmaVenancio Avancini Ferreira AlvesLuiz Paulo KowalskiRegina Matsunaga MartinFabio Luiz de Menezes MontenegroPublished in: Journal of the Endocrine Society (2023)
Patients with PC can survive for decades and have indolent disease course. Free margins seem to be the most important factor in initial surgery. Recurrence was common (60%), but patients with disease recurrence within 36 months of initial surgery had a lower survival rate.