Table 5.

Comparison of Long-Term Survival of Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

							Survival rate (%)
	n	Follow-up duration (median, year)	Lung only %	Follicular %	Total thyroidectomy %	131I ablation	5 years	10 years	20 years
Cho et al. (present study)	90	12.0	90	84	89	88	93	85	71
Sampson et al.16	49	3.5	45	51	82	88	50	−	−
Huang et al.14	126	9.6	42	75	100	85	−	71	−
Mihailovic et al.9	77	6.0	51	71	−	−	58	48	40
Ronga et al.33	96	4.1	100	67	100	100	79	60	44