<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MEYER, ANDREAS</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BEHREND, MATTHIAS</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Partial Resection of the Sternum for Osseous Metastasis of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Case Report</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anticancer Research</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005-11-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4389-4392</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">25</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6C</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Background: Due to their resistance to radio-iodine therapy, skeletal metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are difficult to treat. Surgical resection of solitary skeletal metastasis may offer cure with prolonged survival. Case Report: A patient with the simultaneous appearance of local recurrence of DTC and skeletal metastasis of the cranial sternum is reported. After radical excision of the tumour recurrence and the lymph nodes, a partial sternal resection was carried out, and the defect in the chest wall was reconstructed with polypropylene mesh. Radio-iodine ablation therapy was carried out 4 times after the operation for locally recurrent disease. At the follow-up, 4½ years after the resection of the sternal metastasis, the patient is free of disease. Conclusion: Sternal resection for solitary osseous metastasis of DTC should be performed on selected, individual patients. Reconstruction of the sternum with polypropylene mesh, as a simple and effective method, produces satisfactory functional and cosmetic results and allows a more effective radio-iodine treatment. Copyright© 2005 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved</style></abstract></record></records></xml>