Table 1. Clinical and pathological parameters of patients in the test and validation sets.
| Clinicopathological parameters | Total cases (n = 251) |
|---|---|
| Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) | 185 |
| Age | |
| Range 18–85 years; Median = 45 years | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 39 |
| Female | 146 |
| Tumor Types | |
| Anaplastic TC | 18 |
| Insular PTC | 9 |
| Poorly Differentiated PTC | 2 |
| Classical Variant PTC | 90 |
| Follicular Variant PTC | 45 |
| Tall Cell Variant PTC | 21 |
| Benign | 66 |
| Age | |
| Range 17–80 years; Median = 47 y | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 13 |
| Female | 53 |
| Histological Diagnosis | |
| Multiple Goiter | 21 |
| Hyperplastic Nodules | 17 |
| Thyroid Cyst | 05 |
| Colloid Nodule | 05 |
| Dominant Nodule | 04 |
| Graves' Disease | 04 |
| Lymphocytic Thyroiditis | 05 |
| Hashimoto's Thyroiditis | 05 |