Table 1 Clinical features of the 36 MTC patients

From: The Ki67 index a prognostic marker in medullary thyroid carcinoma

No.

Sex

MTC type

Ki67% primary tumour

Tumour diameter (mm)

Tumour stage pTNM

Age at operation (years)

Postoperative survival (years)

Status at follow-up

1

F

H*

0.01

5

III

24.89

14.06

Alive

2

M

S

0.03

18

III

59.16

17.26

Died O.C.†

3

F

H

0.05

60

II

35.14

49.11

Alive

4

M

S

0.09

27

II

43.75

26.13

Alive

5

M

S

0.19

50

III

49.90

17.25

Died O.C.†

6

F

S

0.20

10

III

41.41

26.91

Alive

7

F

S

0.23

45

IV

29.30

19.19

Died MTC

8

M

H

0.24

55

II

31.95

14.23

Alive

9

M

H

0.24

4

I

18.73

22.69

Alive

10

F

S

0.26

5

I

48.61

18.18

Alive

11

F

S

0.26

22

III

74.19

8.61

Died MTC

12

F

S

0.27

13

III

60.84

29.61

Alive

13

F

S

0.30

20

II

55.29

18.60

Alive

14

F

H

0.31

5

III

31.55

16.08

Alive

15

F

S

0.32

40

III

38.65

24.40

Alive

16

M

H

0.33

60

III

41.84

6.49

Died MTC

17

M

H

0.34

20

IV

59.32

2.65

Died MTC

18

M

H

0.36

47

III

30.06

22.60

Died MTC

19

F

H

0.46

13

III

42.38

12.77

Alive

20

F

S

0.46

40

IV

30.84

5.07

Died MTC

21

F

H

0.49

30

II

22.19

10.61

Alive

22

F

H

0.56

25

III

38.13

13.06

Alive

23

F

S

0.59

42

III

50.64

9.54

Died MTC

24

F

S

0.62

45

II

66.43

6.95

Died MTC

25

M

S

0.63

45

III

38.41

20.07

Alive

26

F

H

0.73

15

III

65.38

10.11

Alive

27

F

H

0.75

4

III

18.58

16.30

Alive

28

M

S

0.77

40

III

47.56

10.05

Died MTC

29

F

S

0.85

25

III

39.81

19.71

Alive

30

M

S

0.88

12

III

63.84

12.38

Alive

31

M

S

1.12

50

III

43.45

25.32

Alive

32

F

S

1.27

47

III

62.49

16.6

Alive

33

M

S

1.84

70

III

59.16

7.65

Died MTC

34

M

S

2.58

Missing

IV

56.78

1.79

Died MTC

35

M

S

3.51

37

IV

64.27

1.09

Died MTC

36

M

S

4.5

50

IV

47.72

0.64

Died MTC

  1. H=hereditary; MTC, S=sporadic MTC; died O.C. =died of other causes than MTC; pTNM=postsurgical histopathological classsification; T=tumour; N=regional lymph node metastasis; m=distant metastasis.