From: No evidence of association between human cytomegalovirus infection and papillary thyroid cancer
Features | Number (%) | |
---|---|---|
Number of patients | 45 | |
Sex (male/female) | 12/33 | |
Age (mean ± SD), years | 45 ± 14 (24–81) | |
Papillary thyroid cancer | 40 | |
Tumor size (mean ± SD), cm | 2.9 ± 1.1 (0.8–5.2) | |
Extrathyroidal invasion | 28 (70%) | |
Multifocality | 16 (40%) | |
Lymph node metastasis | 25 (63%) | |
TNM stage | ||
Stage 1 | 24 (60%) | |
Stage 2 | 1 (3%) | |
Stage 3 | 9 (23%) | |
Stage 4 | 6 (15%) | |
Follicular adenoma | 5 |