Table 2.
Adjusted Overall Survival for Patients <45 Years of Age Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy Versus Thyroid Lobectomy for Stage I Papillary Thyroid Cancers of 1.1 to 4.0 cm in the NCDB and SEER Datasetsa
| Tumor size, cm | Total Thyroidectomy Versus Thyroid Lobectomy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCDB |
SEER |
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| HR (95% CI) | P Value | HR (95% CI) | P Value | |
| 1.1–2.0 | 1.12 (0.50–2.51) | .78 | 0.95 (0.56–1.62) | .862 |
| 2.1–4.0 | 1.93 (0.88–4.23) | .10 | 0.94 (0.60–1.49) | .804 |
| 1.1–4.0 | 1.45 (0.84–2.51) | .19 | 0.95 (0.70–1.29) | .753 |
a
The model included patient age, gender, race, annual income, insurance status, hospital volume, nodal metastases, year of diagnosis, margin status, and radioiodine treatment.