Table 3.

Summary of studies that reported associations between TERT promoter mutations and clinical and histopathological features, BRAF ^V600E mutation, and outcome of different types of thyroid cancer

Study	Total no. of tumors	Age	Size	ETE	Vascular invasion	LNM	Distant mets	TNM stage	Recurrence	BRAF	Death
Shi et al. [28]	106 ATC	Yes	No	No		No	Yes			Yes
Gandolfi et al. [29]	121	Yes			No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Muzza et al. [30]	240	Yes	No	No		No		No	Yes	No
Liu & Xing [32]	129			Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes
Xing et al. [33]	507	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Wang et al. [34]	52 FTC	Yes		No			No				Yes
Liu et al. [35]	430 Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes		No		Yes			Yes
Melo et al. [36]	469	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Liu et al. [37]	144	Yes	No				Yes				Yes
Vinagre et al. [20]	263	Yes	Yes			Yes
Liu et al. [21]	414									Yes