Thyroidectomy as Treatment of Choice for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Table 1

Clinical and histopathological features vs patient and tumor characteristics.

		Extrathyroid tumor growth		Bilateral		Nodal metastases		Distant metastases		value
Patient and tumor features	Tot. n°	N°	%	N°	%	N°	%	N°	%	Extrathyroid tumor growth	Bilateral	Nodal metastases	Distant metastases
Female	295	85	28.80	65	22.00	102	36.40	19	6.40
Male	64	18	28.10	20	31.30	26	40.60	7	10.90
<45 years	183	47	25.70	46	25.10	87	47.50	13	7.10
>45 years	176	56	31.80	53	30.10	41	23.30	13	7.40
<1.5 cm	154	33	21.40	43	27.90	48	31.20	8	5.20
>1.5 cm	205	70	34.10	42	20.50	80	39.00	18	8.80
PTC	306	91	29.70	80	26.10	119	38.90	17	5.60
FTC	53	12	22.60	5	9.40	9	17.00	9	17.00
Total	359	103	28.70	85	23.70	128	35.70	26	7.20