Table 6.

Clinicopathological features associated with BRAF mutation in other studies.

Studies	Country	Numbers of PTC patients	Clinicopathological features associated with BRAF mutation
Howell et al. [18]	USA	156	Central LNM
Lim et al. [45]	Korea	3130	Tumor size, extrathyroidal extension, and LNM
Kim et al. [46]	Korea	547	Male gender, tumor size, and extrathyroidal extension
Xing et al. [47]	USA	190	Extrathyroidal extension, thyroid capsule invasion, and LNM
Nakayama et al. [48]	Japan	54	Older age, extrathyroidal extension, and LNM
Fugazzola et al. [49]	Italy	260	Older age