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Table 2.

Data items collected by basic pediatric-DTC registry.

1. Patient details 2. Preoperative 3. Surgical treatment 4. Postoperative 5. (131I) therapy 6. Outcome
Patient ID Presence of comorbidities Surgeon (pediatric/ adult/ endocrine/ combination) TNM staging Indication Serum Tg antibodies
Sex Family history of DTC Procedure type Histology (PA) Number of 131I treatments Maximum stimulated Tg
Date of enrollment Typical manifestations of familial syndromes Indication for procedure Genetic testing results Cumulative activity of 131I Death of disease
Country/hospital Previous exposure to radiation Lymph node dissection (levels) Transient hypoparathyroidism Distant metastases Death of any cause
Age at diagnosis Previous malignancy Lymph node dissection intent Transient recurrent nerve injury Distant metastasis sites Date of death
Date of diagnosis Previous thyroid surgery Other adverse events/surgical complications Other adjuvant therapy (i.e. radiotherapy or TKI) Date of last known alive
Clinical symptoms Recurrence
Dominant finding at physical exam Persistent disease
Thyroid function at diagnosis Remission
Preoperative imaging results Persistent hypoparathyroidism
Results of fine needle aspiration (Bethesda classification) Persistent recurrent nerve injury
Clinical voice abnormality Dry mouth/hyposalivation
Preoperative laryngeal exam Second primary malignancies
Weight SDS Infertility
Height SDS Other adverse events
Calculated BMI SDS

BMI, body mass index; DTC, differentiated thyroid carcinoma; PA, pathology; SDS, standard deviation scores; Tg, thyroglobulin; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor; TNM, tumor, node, metastases.