Clinical implications of pathologic factors after thyroid lobectomy in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignant tumor of the thyroid gland. The disease-specific survival rate for PTC is excellent and the 10-year overall survival rate is over 90% [1,2]. Various clinicopathologic factors such as age, sex, tumor size, extrathyroidal extension (ETE) and distant metastasis are known to be associated with prognosis. For tumor size, Bilimoria et al. reported that total thyroidectomy should be recommended for PTCs larger than 1cm because of poor overall survival compared with PTCs smaller than 1cm [3].
Source: Oral Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research