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. 2021 Jan;10(1):50–58. doi: 10.21037/gs-20-500

Table 2. Baseline clinicopathological characteristics of the study patients.

Variable N=416
Extent of operation
   Less than total 343 (82.5)
   Total 73 (17.5)
Malignancy/NIFTP 209 (50.2)
Tumor size (cm) 2.4±1.6 (range, 0.5–13.5)
ETE 10 (6.8)
NRAS 49/220 (22.3)
BRAFV600E 14/193 (7.3)
Lymphatic invasion 11/146 (7.5)
Vascular invasion 31/146 (21.2)
Perineural invasion 1/146 (0.7)
T category
   T1 74 (50.7)
   T2 51 (34.9)
   T3 21 (14.4)
N category
   N1a 19 (13.0)
M category
   M1 2 (1.4)
TNM stage
   I 135 (92.5)
   II 10 (6.8)
   IVb 1 (0.7)

Data are expressed as patient’s number (%), or mean ± SD. NIFTP, noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features; ETE, extrathyroidal extension; T, tumor; N, node; M, metastasis.