Sex disparities in papillary thyroid cancer survival: Divergent patterns of relative and absolute effects across the age spectrum
Our analyses provide robust evidence that male sex is indeed an independent risk factor for CSS in PTC patients. Although younger female patients show a relative survival advantage, this does not translate into a substantial absolute benefit, which widens with advancing age.
Authors
- Hui Ouyang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-328X)
- Fada Xia
- Xiaolin Dou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5417-3842)
- Xinying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8462-8919)
- Zhijing Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9435-8843)
- Mingyu Cao
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Xiangya Hospital Central South University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-07-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328876
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China