Expression of miRNA and Occurrence of Distant Metastases in Patients with Hürthle Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical, demographic, and histopathological characteristics of patients with Hürthle cell thyroid carcinoma.

	Without metastases; ()	With metastases; ()	value
Median age [years] (range)	52 (19–82)	63 (36–85)	0.006
Gender female [] (%)	15 (68)	10 (59)	0.546
Median tumor diameter [cm] (range)	3 (1.8–6.5)	6.5 (3–18)	0.001
pT3 or pT4 tumor stage (%)	8 (36)	14 (82)	0.008
N1 or N2 stage (%)	1 (4)	3 (18)	0.300
M1 stage (%)	0 (0)	2 (12)	0.184
Poorly differentiated tumor, Turin criteria (%)	1 (4)	1 (6)	1.000
Widely invasive (%)	5 (22)	4 (24)	0.95
Minimally invasive (%)	17 (77)	11 (65)	0.39
Extensive vascular invasion (%)	4 (18)	5 (29)	0.46
Transcapsular invasion (%)	9 (41)	4 (24)	0.32
Recurrence (%)	0 (0)	15 (88)	—