Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is generally an indolent tumor indicative of
favorable prognosis. However, post-treatment recurrences may be problematic, and …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has an excellent prognosis, and recurrence is
rare in patients with no evidence of disease (NED) after initial treatment. Despite this …

Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. Age is an important
prognostic factor in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In this study, we investigated the …

The term thyroid neoplasm incorporates tumors that originate from follicular cells and those
that arise from parafollicular cells (C cells). Differentiated thyroid cancer, which originates …

Background Up to 20% of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) experience
recurrent disease at some point during follow-up (1, 2). The following prognostic factors are …

This study created a new staging system using a risk model that employed clinical factors
that were associated with recurrence, verified by preoperative clinical information and …

Background Lateral neck lymph node (LN) metastases (N1b) have been identified as
independent risk factors of recurrence in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

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 Various staging systems for thyroid cancer that focus on cancer specific death
have been suggested, but this approach had a limitation due to the relatively long clinical …

Identifying risk factors is crucial for predicting papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) with severe
course, which causes a clinical problem. The purpose of this study was to assess whether …