Research Article
Thyroidectomy as Treatment of Choice for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Table 1
Clinical and histopathological features vs patient and tumor characteristics.
| | Extrathyroid tumor growth | Bilateral | Nodal metastases | Distant metastases | value | Patient and tumor features | Tot. n° | N° | % | N° | % | N° | % | N° | % | Extrathyroid tumor growth | Bilateral | Nodal metastases | Distant metastases |
| Female | 295 | 85 | 28.80 | 65 | 22.00 | 102 | 36.40 | 19 | 6.40 | | | | | Male | 64 | 18 | 28.10 | 20 | 31.30 | 26 | 40.60 | 7 | 10.90 | | | | | <45 years | 183 | 47 | 25.70 | 46 | 25.10 | 87 | 47.50 | 13 | 7.10 | | | | | >45 years | 176 | 56 | 31.80 | 53 | 30.10 | 41 | 23.30 | 13 | 7.40 | | | | | <1.5 cm | 154 | 33 | 21.40 | 43 | 27.90 | 48 | 31.20 | 8 | 5.20 | | | | | >1.5 cm | 205 | 70 | 34.10 | 42 | 20.50 | 80 | 39.00 | 18 | 8.80 | | | | | PTC | 306 | 91 | 29.70 | 80 | 26.10 | 119 | 38.90 | 17 | 5.60 | | | | | FTC | 53 | 12 | 22.60 | 5 | 9.40 | 9 | 17.00 | 9 | 17.00 | | | | | Total | 359 | 103 | 28.70 | 85 | 23.70 | 128 | 35.70 | 26 | 7.20 | | | | |
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