Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: BRAF V600E mutation is associated with aggressive features in papillary thyroid carcinomas ≤ 1.5 cm
Tumour size | BRAF | Mean age | Gender (F:M) | Mean MTNS | Bethesda diagnostic category (score) distribution (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
III | IV | V | VI | |||||
PTMC (≤ 1 cm) | V600E | 47.7 | 3.8 | 13.5* | 4.2 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 58.3 |
wt | 45.8 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 32.3 | 35.5 | 25.8 | |
Small PTC (1.1–1.5 cm) | V600E | 46.7 | 2.5 | 14.7* | 3.6 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 67.9 |
wt | 49.1 | 3.2 | 10.4 | 18.4 | 26.3 | 31.6 | 23.7 | |
All tumours (≤ 1.5 cm) | V600E | 47.4 | 3.0 | 14.1* | 3.8 | 0.0 | 32.7 | 63.5 |
wt | 47.7 | 3.6 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 29.0 | 33.3 | 24.6 | |