“Presentation and Management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer by Sex and Race/Ethnicity in the United States—A State of Disunion”

In their timely analysis of 6,154 patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) identified in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), Kalva and colleagues1 report sex-based differences and racial/ethnic disparities in the presentation and management of MTC. Compared to female patients, males were nearly 3 times as likely to present with tumors larger than 4 cm; further, males were more likely to present with regional and distant metastases. The authors explored traditional proxies in access to care, such as differences in income distribution, insurance type, and time to surgery, but found no difference.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research