Table 3 |
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Factors considered for prediction of survival |
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|
Factor |
Significance |
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|
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Sex |
0.523 |
|
|
|
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Age |
0.132 |
|
|
|
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Histology |
0.004 |
|
|
|
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Multifocality |
0.887 |
|
|
|
|
Bilaterality |
0.292 |
|
|
|
|
Type of surgery |
0.603 |
|
|
|
|
Size of tumor |
0.392 |
|
|
|
|
Lymph node metastases at operation |
0.263 |
|
|
|
|
Thyroid parenchyma invasion |
0.502 |
|
|
|
|
Thyroid capsule invasion |
0.095 |
|
|
|
|
Extrathyroidal invasion |
0.863 |
|
|
|
|
Vessel invasion |
0.058 |
|
|
|
|
Metastatic disease from diagnosis |
0.180 |
|
|
|
|
First site of metastasis |
0.874 |
|
|
|
|
Uptake at ablation |
0.568 |
|
|
|
|
TSH on T4 withdrawal |
0.782 |
|
|
|
|
Thyroglobulin on T4 withdrawal |
0.799 |
|
|
|
|
Total 131 I mCi |
0.426 |
|
|
|
|
Years to metastasis |
0.115 |
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Chrisoulidou et al. Thyroid Research 2011 4:12 doi:10.1186/1756-6614-4-12 |
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