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. 2019 Nov 7;10(11):899. doi: 10.3390/genes10110899

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics, pathological findings, and treatment in familial non-medullary thyroid cancer (FNMTC) affected members from Families 1, 2 and 3.

Kindred K1 K1 K1 K1 K1 K2 K2 K2 K2 K3 K3
Patient Patient II.2 Patient II.3 Patient II.4 Patient II.5 Patient III.1 Patient II.1 Patient II.2 Patient III.1 Patient III.2 Patient II.1 Patient II.2
Index Case No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes
Age at Diagnosis 53 57 51 50 36 41 37 30 24 35 34
Presentation Toxic MNG MNG MNG Toxic MNG Nodule on US screening Thyroid nodule Thyroid nodule Thyroid nodule Nodule on US screening Thyroid nodule Thyroid nodule
Histology PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC Hüthle cell carcinoma PTC
Multicentricity No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes
Bilateralism No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Local Invasion No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No Yes
Stage 1 (TNM) T1N0M0 T1N0M0 T2N0M0 T1NOMO T1aN1bMO T1N0M0 T2N0M0 T2N0M0 T2N0M0 T2N0M0 T1N1M0
Surgery TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection TT + LN dissection
Radioiodine Ablation (mCu) Yes (311) Yes (199) Yes (118) Yes (113) Yes (28) Yes (100) Yes (300) Yes (100) Yes (100) Yes (unknown) Yes (unknown)
Radiotherapy No No No No No No No No No No No
Disease Status 2 NED NED NED NED NED NED NED NED NED. NED NED

US, Ultrasound. PTC, Papillary-thyroid cancer. TT, Total thyroidectomy. LN, lymph node; NED, No Evidence of Disease. MNG, Multinodular Goiter. 1 Staging was based on the tumor–node–metastasis (TNM) classification of the American Joint Committee on Cancer 2016. 2 Disease status was assessed based on follow-up cervical ultrasonography, radioiodine scanning, and the stimulated serum thyroglobulin level.