Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with papillary thyroid cancer

Sample No	Sex	Age (years)	Tumor size (cm)	BRAF mutation	Tumor stage	Node stage	Clinical stage
PTC-1	Female	60	1.0 × 0.7 × 0.3	+	T1	N0	I
PTC-2	Female	33	2.2 × 1.4 × 1.4	+	T2	N1a	I
PTC-3	Male	34	1.9 × 1.5 × 1.2	+	T1b	N1a	I
PTC-4	Male	33	3.0 × 2.4 × 1.6	+	T3	N0	I
PTC-5	Male	20	1.9 × 1.6 × 1.0	+	T1b	N1b	I
PTC-6	Female	28	3.5 × 2.3 × 1.8	−	T2	N1b	I
PTC-7	Female	31	2.5 × 2.0 × 2.0	−	T2	N0	I
PTC-8	Female	27	2.1 × 1.6 × 1.5	−	T1b	N1a	I
PTC-9	Male	32	3.5 × 3.0 × 3.0	−	T2	N1	I