Clinical features and therapeutic outcomes of patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinomas and larger tumors

Objective The aim of this study was to identify clinical features and therapeutic outcomes of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) according to tumor diameter and evaluate the correlation of neck lymph node (LN) involvement of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) according to patients’ age. Patients and methods We divided 467 patients into two groups according to tumor diameter: PTMC group (≤1 cm) and non-PTMC group (>1 cm). The clinical data were analyzed retrospectively. Thereafter, we divided the PTMC patients into three subgroups according to age: young subgroup (
Source: Nuclear Medicine Communications - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research