The age threshold of the 8th edition AJCC classification is useful for indicating patients with aggressive papillary thyroid cancer in clinical practice.
Krzysztof KaliszewskiDorota DiakowskaŁukasz NowakBeata WojtczakJerzy RudnickiPublished in: BMC cancer (2020)
The age cut off of 55 years old for risk stratification proposed by the 8th Edition of AJCC effectively stratifies PTC patients with a poor prognosis, indicating it is likely to be useful in clinical practice.