Background Age is an important prognostic factor in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), with
better survival observed in patients< 45 years of age, regardless of stage. Although the …

Purpose Patient age is considered to play a unique prognostic role in papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC), with a distinct staging dichotomization at 45 years of age. This is based on …

Background Although an age cutoff of 45 years has often been adopted to stratify cancer risk
in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), both cancer-specific survival (CSS) and disease …

Objective Age greater than 45 years old is a prognostic marker in well-differentiated
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) using the American Joint Cancer Committee/Union …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is unique among cancers in that patient age is a
consideration in staging. One of the most important modifications in the 8th Edition of the …

Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. Among the several
prognostic factors of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), age is the most prominent. It is well …

Background Certain patient demographics and histopathologic features are risk factors for
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) recurrence after initial treatment. Our objective was to …

Objective Guidelines endorse active surveillance for low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC), but this is not commonly utilized. Those with limited life expectancy due to age and …

Methods We retrospectively evaluated 2,890 patients who underwent thyroidectomy due to
PTC between May 2004 and Aug 2008. We divided patients into 3 groups: young (≤ 35 …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the fastest increasing cancer in the United
States; incidence increases with age. It generally has a favorable prognosis but may behave …