Dynamic Risk Estimates of Outcome in Chinese Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer After Total Thyroidectomy and Radioactive Iodine Remnant Ablation

Background: This study was conducted to compare the staging systems for the prediction of long-term disease status in patients with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC), and to find out the earliest postoperative period predictor of long-term persistence/recurrence of disease. Methods: Patients with WDTC (n = 356; Mage = 41.5 ± 12.7 years) followed for at least five years (12.3 ± 5.0 years) after thyroidectomy and 131I remnant ablation...