Table 1 Clinicopathological features of patients with recurrent and non-recurrent PTC
From: Clinicopathological features of recurrent papillary thyroid cancer
Clinicopathological feature | Recurrent group | Non-recurrent group | χ 2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 34) | (N = 281) | |||
Age/year | 0.32 | 0.574 | ||
<45 | 14 | 130 | ||
≥45 | 20 | 151 | ||
Gender | 3.11 | 0.078 | ||
Male | 11 | 55 | ||
Female | 23 | 226 | ||
Tumor size | 34.76 | <0.001 | ||
<1 | 3 | 130 | ||
≥1- < 2 | 13 | 111 | ||
≥2 | 18 | 40 | ||
Initial surgery approach | 11.39 | 0.003 | ||
First type | 16 | 62 | ||
Second type | 14 | 137 | ||
Third type | 4 | 82 | ||
Extra thyroidal invasion | 22.15 | <0.001 | ||
Yes | 12 | 21 | ||
No | 22 | 260 | ||
Coexistent Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | 0.38 | 0.537 | ||
Yes | 10 | 69 | ||
No | 24 | 212 | ||
Lymphatic metastasis | 10.10 | 0.001 | ||
Yes | 23 | 110 | ||
No | 11 | 171 | ||
Multifocality | 0.00 | 0.968 | ||
Yes | 15 | 125 | ||
No | 19 | 156 | ||
Pathological subtype | 34.45 | <0.001 | ||
Group 1 | 11 | 17 | ||
Group 2 | 20 | 134 | ||
Group 3 | 3 | 130 |