Table 1 Clinical studies (case reports and case series) of breast metastases to the thyroid gland published so far
Author | Study years | Number of patients | Percentage of thyroid metastases from breast |
|---|---|---|---|
Harcourt-Webster [9] | – | 2 | 18% |
Lam and Lo [10] | – | 7 | 9% |
Mayo and Schlicke [11] | – | 2 | 11% |
Elliott and Frantz [12] | 1947–1958 | 4 | 29% |
Wychulis et al. [13] | 1907–1962 | 4 | 29% |
Pillay et al. [14] | 1974–1976 | 1 | 10% |
Lin et al. [15] | 1977–1995 | 1 | 7% |
Chacho et al. [16] | 1978–1985 | 1 | 13% |
Rosen et al. [17] | 1978–1993 | 1 | 9% |
Hegerova et al. [7] | 1980–2010 | 11 | 11% |
De Ridder et al. [18] | 1982–2002 | 1 | 17% |
Russell et al. [19] | 1983–2013 | 2 | 12% |
Cichon et al. [20] | 1984–2003 | 1 | 6% |
Nakhjavani et al. [21] | 1985–1994 | 7 | 16% |
Wood et al. [22] | 1985–2002 | 1 | 7% |
HooKim et al. [6] | 1986–2013 | 3 | 11% |
Saito et al. [23] | 1987–2008 | 3 | 34% |
Papi et al. [24] | 1993–2003 | 5 | 14% |
Moghaddam et al. [3] | 1993–2013 | 1 | 10% |
Calzolari et al. [25] | 1995–2005 | 1 | 4% |
Kim et al. [26] | 1997–2004 | 5 | 23% |
Surov et al. [4] | 1997–2013 | 1 | 3% |
Choi et al. [27] | 2001–2013 | 7 | 15% |