Table 1.

Patient and Treatment Characteristics

Characteristic	n = 62	% of total
Median age at diagnosis, years (range)	13.8 (2.7–18.9)
Median age at last visit, years (range)	18.0 (7.6–34.0)
Median follow-up, years (range)	4.0 (0.0–14.8)
Extent of disease (n):
N0	20	32.3
N1	31	50.0
M1	11	17.7
Sex (n):
Female	48	77.4
Male	14	22.6
Thyroidectomy:
Totala	57	91.9
Completion	7	11.3
Subtotal	5	8.1
Extent of lymph node surgery:
None	24	38.7
Unilateral neck	17	27.4
Bilateral neck	17	27.4
Central compartment	4	6.5
Radioiodine (131I) treatment:
Yes	48	77.4
>1 treatment	22	35.5
No	14	22.6

^aIncludes those who had an initial thyroidectomy as well as those with initial subtotal thyroidectomy.