Associations between preoperative thyroid parameters, aggressive clinicopathological features and risk of recurrence in differentiated thyroid cancer

Factors such as male sex, older age, multifocality, bilaterality, margin involvement, nerve invasion, larger tumor size, and preoperative thyroid parameters serve as complementary predictors for higher ATA recurrence risk in DTC, in addition to conventional risk factors. These insights contribute to a more nuanced understanding and optimization of current risk stratification methodologies.