Risk factors and survival analysis of patients with distant metastatic follicular thyroid cancer
Widely invasive FTC, lymph node metastasis, T3/T4 stage, and initial total thyroidectomy are independent predictors of distant metastasis in FTC patients. For FTC patients with DM, high T stage may be related to a greater likelihood of mortality.
Authors
- Xufu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0849-5429)
- Na Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9740-2689)
- Zengmei Si
- Guohua Qin
- Guoqiang Wang
- Chenghui Lu
Institutions
- Qingdao University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Endocrinology
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1748243
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00