Total tumour diameter is superior to unifocal diameter as a predictor of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma prognosis

Abstract The current American Joint Committee (AJCC) on Cancer TNM classification does not describe the treatment of multifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs) with a total tumour diameter (TTD) >1 cm. Herein, we investigated this PTMC subgroup in terms of extrathyroidal extension (ETE)...

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Main Authors: Chunping Liu, Shuntao Wang, Wen Zeng, Yawen Guo, Zeming Liu, Tao Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02165-6