Clinical Study

Surgical Management of Appendicular Skeletal Metastases in Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 5

Multivariate Cox model.

Prognostic factorsOverall survivalSurvival after bone metastasis surgeryRecurrence free survival
Hazard ratio95% CI valueHazard ratio95% CI valueHazard ratio95% CI value

Age1.0541.02–1.090.002
Radioactive iodine Y v N0.1640.041–0.6540.0104
Follicular subtype1.5890.646–3.9100.3130.8320.396–1.7480.6271.5470.706–3.390.276
Skeletal presentation
Multiple bone v single
2.1020.783–5.6430.1413.0971.008–9.5210.0485
Tumor excised from bone0.2420.087–0.6770.00680.3360.125–0.9030.0306