Pathological multifocality is not a prognosis factor of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center, retrospective study

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• who: Yoko Omi from the Six-hundred and seventy patients underwent an initial operation for PTC without distant metastasis at Tokyo Women`s Medical University from , to Clinically, PTC was unifocal in , (76.4%) patients. Patients with gross extrathyroidal extension and/or with tumors > , cm in size, who underwent total thyroidectomy (TTx) or near TTx, non-TTx followed by completion thyroidectomy (CTx) within , months, or who underwent partial thyroidectomy, were excluded. Ultimately, patients who underwent non-TTX, including , hemithyroidectomy and , subtotal thyroidectomy patients, were enrolled. Serial, mm sections of whole specimen were prepared for pathological examination. Pathologically . . .
  

   

  

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