… extrathyroidal extension (mETE). This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance
of mETE and tumor size … into four groups according to the size of the tumor (≤4 cm vs. >4 cm…

… In this study, we evaluated the clinical significance of ETE according to primary tumor size
in PTC. We divided patients with PTC into two groups based on primary tumor size (<1 cm and …

… changes including that minor extrathyroidal extension (ETE) … ) invasion—might increase
with tumor size, showing different … Tumor size and ETE have served as the main factors in the …

… of patients, large tumor size was able to confer adverse outcome and worse DSS (p = 0.035
and 0.014, respectively). In a multivariate model including grade and large tumor size, none …

… We suggests that when tumor size is more than 1 cm, micro ETE is significantly associated
with poorer outcome. T3 and T4 stages may take account into tumor size rather than merely …

… the impact of tumor size on T3b … tumors compared to the T1 tumors. Disease-specific survival,
disease-free survival, and overall survival were significantly lower only in large T3b tumors …

… providing clinical benefit for larger tumors, extrathyroidal extension (ETE), and … extension
of PTC beyond the thyroid capsule (5). Currently, minimal ETE requires an upstaging of tumors …

… The eighth edition American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor-… ” extrathyroidal extension
for tumor staging. This change prompted us to examine the effect of extrathyroidal extension on …

… identification of microscopic ETE despite a tumor size corresponding to T1/T2. Although there
were no significant differences in age, gender, tumor size, or multifocality between groups, …

… : age, grade of the tumor, size of the tumor, extrathyroidal extension, and distant metastasis.
… has direct relation to the size of the primary tumor, extrathyroidal extension, and further …