From: Classical V600E and other non-hotspot BRAF mutations in adult differentiated thyroid cancer
Characteristics | Number/total (percentage) |
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Median age in years (range) | 35.5 (19–75) |
Sex female:male (ratio) | 154:50 |
Median tumor size in cm (range) | 2.2 (1–12) |
Tumor sub-types (%) | |
Conventional papillary thyroid cancer (CPTC) | 114 (55.9) |
Follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer (FV-PTC) | 55 (27) |
Tall cell variant papillary thyroid cancer (TC-PTC) | 29 (14.2) |
Hurthle cell cancer (HCC) | 3 (1.5) |
Diffuse sclerosing type papillary thyroid cancer (DSC) | 3 (1.5) |
Pathological characteristics (%) | |
Tumor multifocality | 97 (47.5) |
Extrathyroidal invasion | 95 (46.6) |
Lymph node metastasis | 91 (44.6) |
Distant metastasis | 15 (7.4) |
TNM staging (%) | |
Stage I/II | 160 (78.4) |
Stage III/IV | 44 (21.6) |