Background Minimal extrathyroid extension (mETE) in patients with differentiated thyroid
cancer (DTC) was defined as an intermediate risk feature in the 2015 American Thyroid …

Background The presence of microscopic extra‐nodal extension (ENE) may increase
locoregional recurrence (LRR) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We aimed to evaluate …

Simple Summary In papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), staging classification of gross and
minimal extrathyroidal extension (ETE) has been recently modified in the eighth edition of …

Objectives Despite the presumed overdiagnosis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC)
which has resulted in a new trend toward less-extensive surgery and a preference for active …

Background: The role of minimal extrathyroidal extension (mETE) as a risk factor for
persistent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is still debated. The aims of this study were to …

Materials and Methods: Data from 325 patients diagnosed with conventional PTMC by
intraoperative frozen section and final pathology were recorded retrospectively. Statistical …

Pathologists usually explore extrathyroidal extensions (ETEs) in thyroid cancer; however,
sonographers are often not concerned with ETEs. We investigated factors influencing ETEs …

Background Recently, we have created a revised version of the eighth edition of the tumor–
node–metastasis classification for papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) by subdividing the …

Background The impact of minimal extrathyroidal extension (mETE) to the prognosis of
patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial. In this study, we investigated …

Background: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) course and outcome very much depend on
prognosis factors. One of the most significant factors is extrathyroidal extension (ETE), which …