… Among T1bN0M0 tumors, weak calcification and rich vascularity were risk factors for tumorsize
increase, and younger age … of papillary thyroid carcinoma according to our own risk-group …

… are related to the prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancers (… the treatment of T1bN0M0 PTC
across different age groups. In … of SR for T1bN0M0 PTC, in patients of different age groups. …

… thyroid cancer is the most common type and accounts for about 86% of all thyroid cancers,
and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) account for the majority of differentiated thyroid cancers…

… The demographic characteristics of the study population (age range [mean ± SD] 18–78 [45.9
± 12.6] years) are summarized in Table 1. A total of 124 (72.1%) patients refused surgery …

… cancer burden (1). Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common histological type of …
There were no significant differences between the two groups in age; sex; follow-up period, …

… -, low-, and intermediate-risk groups based on the guidelines … was divided into four categories:
very low-risk, tumor size (T) … node and/or distant metastasis (T1bN0M0); high-risk, PTC …

… age or follow-up between these groups. Patient characteristics were the same in the T1bN0M0
active surveillance group and the surgery group… with T1bN0M0 papillary thyroid cancer. …

… Sixty-six patients with T1bN0M0 PTC (14 men and 52 women with a mean age of 41.0 ±
9.2 years [range, 21–61 years]), who were not eligible for or refused surgery, were included in …

… The Wilcoxon rank-sum test (for follow-up time) or t test (for age, thyroid function, maximal …
(MWA) and surgical resection (SR) groups in the treatment of T1N0M0 papillary thyroid …

… T1aN0M0 and T1bN0M0 PTCs are classified as very-low-risk and low-risk, respectively, unless
… Age affected most strongly the prognosis of our H-group patients; their LRFS, DRFS, and …