Hypothesis The prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma has been stratified into low-and
high-risk groups. Patients in the high-risk group can be substratified on the basis of …

Objective To analyze differences in the demographic backgrounds, and in treatments,
prognosis, and risk factors of patients with papillary thyroid cancer operated on from 1965 to …

Background Our original system for risk group classification for predicting cause-specific
death from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) defined patients with distant metastasis and …

Background The optimal extent of thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is
controversial. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of total thyroidectomy or partial …

From a multivariate analysis of more than 14,200 patient-years' experience with papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we devised a prognostic scoring system based on patient age …

We have analyzed data on a group of 269 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma followed
on average for 12 years to determine (1) if a prognostic classification scheme can be used to …

Background: Our understanding of the natural history of differentiated thyroid carcinoma has
improved with the definition of prognostic factors. These prognostic factors have helped us …

Background. Multivariate analyses in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) have shown that
age, tumor size, local invasion and distant metastasis are independent predictive variables …

Background The prognosis of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is usually
favorable; however, a subset of patients can develop local recurrence or distant metastases …

We have analyzed the course of papillary thyroid carcinoma in 269 patients managed at the
University of Chicago, with an average follow-up period of 12 yr from the time of diagnosis …