Research Article
The Clinicopathological Features of BRAF Mutated Papillary Thyroid Cancers in Chinese Patients
Table 6
Clinicopathological features associated with BRAF mutation in other studies.
| Studies | Country | Numbers of PTC patients | Clinicopathological features associated with BRAF mutation |
| Howell et al. [18] | USA | 156 | Central LNM | Lim et al. [45] | Korea | 3130 | Tumor size, extrathyroidal extension, and LNM | Kim et al. [46] | Korea | 547 | Male gender, tumor size, and extrathyroidal extension | Xing et al. [47] | USA | 190 | Extrathyroidal extension, thyroid capsule invasion, and LNM | Nakayama et al. [48] | Japan | 54 | Older age, extrathyroidal extension, and LNM | Fugazzola et al. [49] | Italy | 260 | Older age |
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