Table 1.

Characteristics of cases

	n	%
Gender
Male	24	11.8
Female	179	88.2
Time between diagnosis and interview
0–2 years	101	49.8
3 – 5 years	63	31.0
6 – 11 years	39	19.2
Year of diagnosis
2000 – 2005	50	24.6
2006 – 2008	64	31.5
2009 – 2011	89	43.8
Age at diagnosis
17 – 20	10	4.9
21 – 25	16	7.9
26 – 30	12	5.9
31 – 35	34	16.8
36 – 40	46	22.7
41 – 45	41	20.2
46 – 50	30	14.8
51 – 55	7	3.5
56 – 60	7	3.5
Histology
Papillary	189	93.1
Follicular	14	6.9
Volume of the tumor Papillary
microcarcinoma	4	2.0
<5 mm3	4	2.0
5 – 10 mm3	33	16.3
11 – 20 mm3	85	41.9
21 – 40 mm3	49	24.1
>40 mm3	14	6.9
Follicular
microcarcinoma		0	0.0
<5 mm3	1	0.5
5 – 10 mm3	2	1.0
11 – 20 mm3	5	2.5
21 – 40 mm3	6	3.0
>40 mm3	0	0.0