Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of 251 Patients with Minimally Invasive Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

Abstract

Age was the most powerful prognostic factor for patients with minimally invasive follicular thyroid cancer. The prognoses of patients younger than 45 years old were excellent and distant metastases rarely occurred. Routine completion total thyroidectomy and radioiodine ablation is thought unnecessary for these patients.