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 …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma generally has an indolent nature, but cases
demonstrating certain features are progressive. UICC TNM classification is the most widely …

Objective: To find out the most predictive staging system for papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) currently available in the literature. Background: Various staging systems or risk group …

Abstract The revised Japan Association of Endocrine Surgeons (JAES)/Japanese Society of
Thyroid Surgery (JSTS) guidelines for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

BACKGROUND: Several factors have been proven to be useful for classifying patients with
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) into either low-or high-risk groups. However, the relative …

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 …

The need for total thyroidectomy and extended for lymphadenectomy and the need for
postoperative radioiodine ablation in the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma is …

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

A minority of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is at high-risk of developing
recurrent disease and death. Risk group stratification as defined by age, metastases to …

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