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Table 3 Patient characteristics, divided by nodal status

From: The expression of stromal biomarkers in small papillary thyroid carcinomas

 

pT1N0 non-metastatic tumors

(N = 25)

pT1N1b metastatic tumors (N = 19)

Mean average age at diagnosis years (range)

58.9 (26–84)

53.7 (28–79)

Gender (female/male)

23/2

12/7

Mean tumor size

mm (range)

11.4 (1.6–20)

10.3 (1.3–20)

Growth pattern

Purely papillary

23/25

19/19

Follicular variant

2/25

0/19

Multifocality

5/25

3/19

Average number of metastastic lymph nodesa

-

9 (1–26)

  1. aThe average number of lymph nodes has been calculated without regard to central or lateral location