Research Article
Thyroid-Specific Genes Expression Uncovered Age-Related Differences in Pediatric Thyroid Carcinomas
Table 1
Summary of the clinicopathological features of pediatric thyroid carcinoma.
| | Total | Patients <10 yr old | Patients ≥10–18 yr old | value | | | | |
| Mean age ± SD | 11.84 (±4.4) | 6.76 (±1.92) | 14.48 (±2.63) | <0.0001 | Gender | | | | | Female | 29 | 8 (62%) | 21 (84%) | 0.2262 | Male | 9 | 5 (38%) | 3 (16%) | Tumor size (cm) mean ± SD | 2.65 (±1.48) | 2.28 (±1.49) | 2.83 (±1.48) | 0.2383 | Risk factors | | | | | Family history | 2 | 1 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 1.00 | Exposure to radiation | 4 | 0 | 4 (16%) | 0.2779 | Extrathyroidal extension | 16 | 9 (69%) | 7 (28%) | 0.0448 | Multifocal disease | 17 | 4 (31%) | 13 (52%) | 0.3068 | LN metastases | 28 | 11 (85%) | 17 (68%) | 0.4413 | Distant metastases | 10 | 6 (46%) | 4 (16%) | 0.0620 |
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