Ectopic Thyroid Cancer Patient Data from a Systematic Review of 506 Cases

Min Quan's dataset compiles 506 patient records from a systematic review of ectopic thyroid carcinoma (ETC). The data includes demographics, tumor pathology, treatment strategies, recurrence, and survival outcomes extracted from 348 reports. The dataset was last updated on May 29, 2026, and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Analyzing demographic and clinical characteristics of ectopic thyroid cancer based on patient age, sex, and tumor location.
• Evaluating treatment outcomes and recurrence rates based on surgical and radioiodine therapy data.
• Modeling prognostic factors for survival based on variables like age and ectopic tumor location.
• Conforming meta-analysis on rare cancers based on aggregated case data from a systematic review.

Strengths

• Dataset is derived from a systematic review of 348 reports, providing a structured synthesis of a rare condition.
• Includes data from 506 patients with specific metrics like a mean age of 41.6 years and a female-to-male ratio of 1.7:1.
• Analysis identifies specific prognostic factors with hazard ratios, such as age >50 years and non-cervical tumor location.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is case-based from published reports, which may reflect publication bias inherent to the source literature.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Min Quan.

Collection Method

Data extracted from a systematic literature search of PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science.

Time Range

Literature search from database inception to May 27, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 04:46:53; freshness should be verified.