Review Article

Prognosis of Thyroid Cancer Related to Pregnancy: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

StudyStudy designStudy populationControl group descriptionFollowup (median)

Vannucchi et al., 2010 [1]Retrospective cohort in a single institution—1995–200614 women (one affected twice), age  yr, DTC diagnosed during pregnancy (G2)47 women, age  yr, DTC diagnosed at least one year after delivery (G1), and 61 nulliparous women when diagnosed with DTC, age  yr, (G3)G1: 68.2 months
G2: 60.1 months
G3: 64.7 months

Yasmeen et al., 2005 [2]Population-based case control study—California 1991–1999595 pregnant women with DTC, 129 diagnosed during pregnancy and 466 diagnosed within 12 months postpartum2270 age-matched nonpregnant women with DTCNot reported

Moosa and Mazzaferri, 1997 [3]Case control study—United States Air Force registry61 pregnant women with DTC, age  yr528 age-matched nonpregnant women with DTC, age  yr22.4 yr in study population and 19.5 yr in control group

Herzon et al., 1994 [4]Case control study—New Mexico Registry 1970–199122 pregnant women with DTC, age 18–46 yr465 women with DTC in the same database, age 18–46 yr6 months to 20 years reported for study population

Age (years) is expressed as mean + SD; DTC: differentiated thyroid cancer; G: group.