A descriptive study of the characteristics of XXXX in Catalonia during the period 1998-2012. The CECaT registry.

@entity1 @entity3557 @entity5 @entity3 @entity259 @entity1374
INTRODUCTION: The consortium for the study of @entity259 (CECaT), including 20 hospitals and one research institute, was recently created in Catalonia (Spain). One of the first initiatives of the group was to perform a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of @entity1 with @entity259 ( @entity259 ). @entity1 AND METHODS: The cohort included 1,855 @entity1 from 11 hospitals treated over a period of 15 years (1998-2012). RESULTS: In this series, 1.470 (79.2%) @entity1 were @entity1 . Mean age was 47.7 (15.7) years old. Age was significantly higher in male than in female @entity1 , 49.3 (15) versus 47.3 (15.8); p=0.02. @entity3557 accounted for 88.9% of cases. Mean @entity5 size was 21.5 (16) mm, and was significantly lower in females than in males, 20.1 (14.5) mm and 26.6 (20.3) mm respectively (p<0.001). After a follow-up period of 5.5 (3.7) years, information was available for 1,355 @entity1 , of whom 1065 (78.6%) were free of disease, 239 (17.6%) had no @entity5 persistence, and 51 (3.8) % had died. The risk of persistent or recurrent disease was significantly associated to older age at diagnosis, male gender, larger @entity5 size, lymph node @entity3 at surgery, no signs of @entity1374 in the remaining thyroid tissue, and presence of vascular and/or extraglandular invasion. CONCLUSIONS: @entity1 characteristics analyzed are similar to those reported in other parts of the world.
