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Table 2 Clinicopathologic characteristics in 159 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

From: Shifted termination assay (STA) fragment analysis to detect BRAF V600 mutations in papillary thyroid carcinomas

 

BRAF V600E mutation

P value

Characteristic

Positive

Negative

Age (y), Mean ± SD

47.70 ± 10.69

48.29 ± 11.62

0.602

Gender

  

0.422

 Male

21

6

 

 Female

97

35

 

Tumor size (cm), Mean ± SD

  

0.506

 <0.5

42

11

 

 0.5-1

55

20

 

 >1

21

10

 

T classification

  

0.007

 T1/T2

56

29

 

 T3/T4

62

12

 

Lymph node metastasis

  

0.565

 Yes

43

15

 

 No

75

26

 

Extrathyroidal extension

  

0.001

 Yes

72

13

 

 No

46

28

 
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Diagnostic Pathology

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