Prognostic Scoring Systems in Patients with Follicular Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of Different Staging Systems in Predicting the Patient Outcome

Abstract

TNM, EORTC, AGES, AMES, and MACIS, all provided useful prognostic information about the survival in our 86 patients with follicular thyroid cancers. The MACIS classification, however, was the most accurate predictor using PVE as a method of evaluation. Future scoring systems considering additional prognostic factors, may obtain a higher PVE.