Clinical Implications of Age in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Comparison of Clinical Outcomes between Children and Young Adults

Table 5

Subanalysis of management in pediatric subgroups.

	≤16 years (n = 37)	17–19 years (n = 61)	value
Extent of operation			0.010
Less than TT	7 (18.9%)	29 (47.5%)
TT	30 (81.1%)	32 (52.5%)
Node dissection			<0.001
CCND	17 (45.9%)	51 (83.6%)
mRND	20 (54.1%)	10 (16.4%)
RAI therapy (mCi)			0.147
No	13 (35.1%)	31 (50.8%)
30	12 (32.4%)	18 (29.5%)
100–150	10 (27.0%)	11 (18.0%)
200	0 (0%)	1 (1.6%)
>200	2 (5.4%)	0 (0%)

Data are expressed as patient’s number (%). A statistically significant difference was defined as . TT, total thyroidectomy; CCND, central compartment neck dissection; mRND, modified radical neck dissection; RAI, radioactive iodine.