Papillary carcinoma accounts for 85% of differentiated thyroid cancers. We witness a yearly
increased incidence and this is may be, in part, due to the increasing use of neck
ultrasonography. Certain histologic subtypes of papillary carcinoma have a worse prognosis
related to vascular invasion, invasion into extrathyroidal tissues, extensive tumor necrosis
and/or mitoses. Adequate surgery is the most important treatment variable influencing
prognosis, while radioactive iodine treatment, TSH suppression, and external beam …

Out of 677 patients, who underwent surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma between'67-'95,
we selected for survival uni and multivariate analysis 463 patients with over 5 years of
minimal follow up (max 28, mean 11.15+/-5.29). Patient's sex, age (over and under 45)
tumour size (smaller and larger than 15 mm), stage, any TNM parameter, hystological
variety, surgical procedure on the thyroid and nodes were the factors assessed in order to
establish the prognosis. Male: female ratio was 1: 3, average age 42.2+/-0.68; only 25.9% of …