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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2013 Aug 23;154(6):10.1016/j.surg.2013.06.019. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.06.019

Table 1. Characteristics of affected family members (N = 30).

Clinical Characteristics Value
Age at diagnosis [mean years] 41 ± 12, range 18-73
Female 26 (86.7%)
≥ 1 sibling affected 24 (80%)
Tumor size [mean in mm]# 14.27 ± 11.18
Histological Subtype
 Classic PTC 27 (90%)
 Follicular variant PTC 2 (6.7%)
 Diffuse sclerosing variant PTC 1 (3.3%)
Lymph node metastases 12/18 (42.9%)
Distant metastases 0
Multifocality 19/29 (65.5%)
Lymphovascular invasion 3/21 (14.3%)
Extrathyroidal extension 5/29 (17.2%)
Recurrence 2/29 (6.8%)
Follow-up after surgery [mean years, range] 5.8 [0.2–31]
#

Largest tumor size when multifocal; values are mean ± standard deviation or n (%).

PTC: Papillary thyroid cancer.