Papillary thyroid carcinoma: prognostic factors and the role of radioiodine and external radiotherapySin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 52:784-95. 2002
..To evaluate the role of radioiodine and external radiotherapy treatment in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)...
- Health-related quality-of-life study in patients with carcinoma of the thyroid after thyroxine withdrawal for whole body scanning
Sin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Laryngoscope 116:2060-6. 2006
..The authors studied the change of health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) with thyroxine (T4) withdrawal in preparation for whole body radioactive iodine scanning...
- Papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid-Prognostic significance of lymph node metastasis and multifocality
Sin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Cancer 98:31-40. 2003
..The rising incidence of PMC among papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) necessitates the identification of prognostic factors and the formulation of treatment protocols...
- Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in childhood and adolescence-clinical course and role of radioiodine
Sin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Pediatr Blood Cancer 42:176-83. 2004
..Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) in childhood has a good prognosis despite a high incidence of relapse. The use of radioactive iodine (RAI) has not been well established...
- Differentiated thyroid carcinoma: comparison between papillary and follicular carcinoma in a single institute
Sin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Block R, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Head Neck 24:670-7. 2002
..To compare and contrast the clinical presentation and treatment outcome of patients with papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma and to study the pattern of practice of treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in Hong Kong...
- Pregnancy outcome after diagnosis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: no deleterious effect after radioactive iodine treatment
Sin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Block R, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59:992-1000. 2004
..Radioiodine or (131)I (RAI) has been confirmed as a useful treatment in the management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Serious concerns have been raised of the potential risks on subsequent pregnancies...
- Local and regional control in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: specific indications of external radiotherapy and radioactive iodine according to T and N categories in AJCC 6th edition
Sin Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Block R, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Endocr Relat Cancer 13:1159-72. 2006
..EXT is indicated in patients with gross postoperative disease, positive resection margins or T4 disease, N1b, or a LN size of >2 cm. LN relapse can be reduced by RAI in N0, N1a, and N1b disease...
- Cervical nodal metastases from occult primary: undifferentiated carcinoma versus squamous cell carcinoma
Chi Chung Tong
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Head Neck 24:361-9. 2002
..Oncologists face a major challenge in adopting an optimal approach. This study attempted to compare the clinical course of two different histologic findings of this disease entity...
Impact and relationship of anterior commissure and time-dose factor on the local control of T1N0 glottic cancer treated by 6 MV photonsChi Chung Tong
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Radiat Oncol 6:53. 2011
..To evaluate prognostic factors that may influence local control (LC) of T1N0 glottic cancer treated by primary radiotherapy (RT) with 6 MV photons...
- Clinical features and outcome of the tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Alex Kwok Cheung Leung
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Laryngoscope 118:32-8. 2008
..To study the clinical features and outcome of the tall cell variant (TCV) of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)...
- Definitive radiotherapy for early stage glottic cancer by 6 MV photons
Chi Chung Tong
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Head Neck Oncol 4:23. 2012
..To evaluate the clinical outcome of early glottic cancer (GC) treated by primary radiotherapy (RT) with 6 MV photons...
- Staging systems for papillary thyroid carcinoma: a study of 2 tertiary referral centers
Brian Hung Hin Lang
From the Division of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
Ann Surg 246:114-21. 2007
..To find out the most applicable and consistent staging system for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) available in the literature...
- Follicular thyroid carcinoma: prognostic factors and the role of radioiodine
Sin-Ming Chow
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Cancer 95:488-98. 2002
..The 10-year rates for CSS, LR control, and freedom from DM were 66.7%, 100%, and 45%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: RAI is an effective treatment for patients with FTC. It was associated with improved survival rates and fewer recurrences...
