Background. The influence of various clinicopathologic features on survival of patients with
papillary thyroid carcinoma has been examined. In particular, histologic grade, which was …

BACKGROUND Papillary thyroid carcinomas represent a diversity of morphologic subtypes
and variants, but to the authors' knowledge the prognostic significance of subclassification is …

Background Numerous prognostic factors have been studied for survival in patients with
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), although there are few multivariate studies that include …

The influence of various pathological features on tumour recurrences and cancer deaths has
been studied in 173 consecutive cases of surgically treated papillary thyroid carcinoma …

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 …

A retrospective analysis of tumour and patient characteristics was performed in 202 patients
with papillary (n= 132) or follicular (n= 70) thyroid carcinoma, in order to identify prognostic …

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

A retrospective analysis of 121 papillary thyroid carcinomas was made to assess prognostic
factors including histological variants which might be related to survival. The mean follow‐up …

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 …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a frequent thyroid cancer. Many factors have been reported to
be of prognostic importance, but the significance of biologic factors suggesting …