Table 1.
Clinical and histopathological characteristic features of 204 cases of adult DTC
| Characteristics | Number/total (percentage) |
|---|---|
| Median age in years (range) | 35.5 (19–75) |
| Sex female:male (ratio) | 154:50 |
| Median tumor size in cm (range) | 2.2 (1–12) |
| Tumor sub-types (%) | |
| Conventional papillary thyroid cancer (CPTC) | 114 (55.9) |
| Follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer (FV-PTC) | 55 (27) |
| Tall cell variant papillary thyroid cancer (TC-PTC) | 29 (14.2) |
| Hurthle cell cancer (HCC) | 3 (1.5) |
| Diffuse sclerosing type papillary thyroid cancer (DSC) | 3 (1.5) |
| Pathological characteristics (%) | |
| Tumor multifocality | 97 (47.5) |
| Extrathyroidal invasion | 95 (46.6) |
| Lymph node metastasis | 91 (44.6) |
| Distant metastasis | 15 (7.4) |
| TNM staging (%) | |
| Stage I/II | 160 (78.4) |
| Stage III/IV | 44 (21.6) |