(5) Current Therapy and Its Effect.
| Current Therapy |
Therapeutic Effect |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Cancer (−) | Thyroid Cancer (+) | P | Thyroid Cancer (−) | Thyroid Cancer (+) | P | |
| PSL | 44/50 | 3/3 | 1 | 44/44 | 3/3 | 1 |
| NSAID | 10/50 | 0/3 | 1 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 1 |
| Immunosuppressants | 45/50 | 2/3 | .308 | 42/42 | 2/2 | 1 |
| mPSL pulse | 1/50 | 0/3 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 |
| CYP pulse | 1/50 | 0/3 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 |
| Others | 11/50 | 2/3 | .145 | 10/11 | 1/1 | .289 |
| Maximal dose of PSL | 9.41 | 10.17 | .327 | |||
Abbreviations: PSL, prednisolone; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; mPSL, methyl prednisolone; CYP, cyclophosphamide.