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Table 2 Tumor staging and risk assessment

From: Follicular thyroid carcinoma: differences in clinical relevance between minimally invasive and widely invasive tumors

Classification

MI-FTC

WI-FTC

p

N°

42

29

–

pTNM - AJCC Staging 2010

   

  I

23 (54.8 %)

11 (37.9 %)

0.024

  II

13 (30.9 %)

4 (13.8 %)

0.156

  III

6 (14.3 %)

13 (44.9 %)

0.006

  IVA

0

1 (3.4 %)

0.408

AMES

   

  Low risk

32 (76.2 %)

14 (48.2 %)

 

  High risk

10 (23.8 %)

15 (51.8 %)

0.023

  1. MI-FTC minimally invasive - follicular thyroid carcinoma, WI-FTC widely invasive - follicular thyroid carcinoma
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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