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Sociodemographic Predictors of Survival in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Results from the SEER Database

Table 2

Tumor staging characteristics.
Tumor presentationTotal 𝑁 (%)Papillary 𝑁 (%)Follicular 𝑁 (%)
Stage   
 I38,080 (76.5)34,663 (78.5)3,417 (60.6)
 II3,224 (6.47)2,431 (5.51)793 (14.1)
 III5,361 (10.8)4,387 (9.94)974 (17.3)
 IVa/IVb2,358 (4.74)2,176 (4.93)182 (3.23)
 IVc773 (1.55)496 (1.12)277 (4.91)
T   
 1 22,723 (49.4)21,618 (52.8)1,105 (21.9)
 2 9,650 (21.0)7,842 (19.1)1,808 (35.8)
 3 11,654 (25.3)9,718 (23.7)1,936 (38.4)
 4 1,988 (4.32)1,793 (4.38)195 (3.87)
N   
 031,052 (76.1)26,999 (73.9)4,053 (95.0)
 1a5,517 (13.5)5,404 (14.8)113 (2.65)
 1b4,215 (10.3)4,116 (11.3)99 (2.32)
M   
 054,958 (98.2)48,277 (98.5)6,681 (95.7)
 11,037 (1.9)735 (1.5)302 (4.32)
*Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.