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Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2021 Apr 8;264:230–235. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.035

Table 2 –

Disease staging of patients with cN0^a papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Disease Staging	CND(+)^b	CND(−)^b	P value
T-stage			0.347
T1a	36%	45%
T1b	25%	17%
T2	11%	10%
T3	13%	11%
T4a	10%	6%
Tx (cannot be assessed)	2%	2%

cN0 = no clinically-evident nodal metastasis

CND = central neck dissection