… This study was to investigate the clinical features and therapeutic outcomes of multifocal
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). A total of 2,418 papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

… Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (MPTC) has been reported in literature in 18–87 %
of cases. This paper aims to review controversies in the molecular pathogenesis, prognosis, …

… such tumors are monoclonal neoplasms. To investigate whether distinct tumors in multifocal
papillary thyroid cancer … X-chromosome inactivation of tumor foci in patients with this cancer. …

… Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is frequently multifocal, … single primary tumor or multiple
synchronous primary tumors (… , we investigated whether multifocal PTCs contain genetically …

… In addition, the risk of recurrence increased with increasing number of tumor foci in all
multifocal PTC patients and multifocal non-PTMC patients. Conclusion: Although multifocality and …

… Papillary thyroid carcinomas may occur as two or more separate foci within the thyroid
gland. The … In our study rate of bilaterality in multifocal papillary thyroid cancer was 65%. …

… : Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common thyroid … evaluated lymph node metastasis
in multifocal PTC, and the … VI lymph node positivity in multifocal PTC, as compared with …

… whether multifocal tumors are associated with tumor … multifocal PTCs could decrease overall
and cancer-specific survival. Other researchers have indicated that patients with multifocal …

… Moreover, except for multifocal PTCs larger than 1 cm, the latest … multifocal papillary thyroid
microcarcinomas, for instance, postoperative radioiodine ablation. In our research, multifocal …

… All these findings suggest that patients with multifocal papillary thyroid cancer should
receive aggressive treatment. But differing with others, we found that the prognosis of multifocal …