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

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) does recur, despite its favorable long-term
outcome. The incidence of thyroid cancer in South Korea increased during the 1990s, then …

Simple Summary Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing, with overdiagnosis being the
major driver of the thyroid cancer “epidemic”. Papillary thyroid carcinoma, usually with …

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 …

1) Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan 2) Department of
Pathology, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. Age is an important prognostic …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze aspects of a series of papillary thyroid carcinomas and evaluate the
prognostic features specific to different age classes. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common kind of thyroid cancer. Approximately
20,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in the United States, according to the American …

Objective: To evaluate the risk factors influencing the recurrence of papillary thyroid
carcinoma. Methods: This meta-analysis used MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE and CNKI …

Abstract Background In 2002, the UICC/AJCC TNM classification for papillary thyroid
carcinoma was revised. In this study, we examined the validity of this classification system by …

Many histological variants of PTC have been described and some are known to have
prognostic significance. However, their relative frequencies and associated …