Minimal extrathyroidal extension affects the prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer: Is there a need for change in the AJCC classification system?

Zeming Liu; Yihui Huang; Sichao Chen; Di Hu; Min Wang; Ling Zhou; Wei Zhou; Danyang Chen; Haifeng Feng; Wei Wei; Chao Zhang; Wen Zeng; Liang Guo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218171

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Minimal extrathyroidal extension affects the prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer: Is there a need for change in the AJCC classification system?

Zeming Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeming Liu, Yihui Huang

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Yihui Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeming Liu, Yihui Huang

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Sichao Chen,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Di Hu,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Min Wang,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Ling Zhou,

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Wei Zhou,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Danyang Chen,

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Haifeng Feng,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Wei Wei,

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Chao Zhang,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Wen Zeng ,

Roles Funding acquisition

* E-mail: guoliangwhzn@163.com (LG); 5524578732@qq.com (WZ).

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Liang Guo

Roles Project administration

* E-mail: guoliangwhzn@163.com (LG); 5524578732@qq.com (WZ).

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-2744

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Minimal extrathyroidal extension affects the prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer: Is there a need for change in the AJCC classification system?

Zeming Liu,
Yihui Huang,
Sichao Chen,
Di Hu,
Min Wang,
Ling Zhou,
Wei Zhou,
Danyang Chen,
Haifeng Feng,
Wei Wei

Published: June 14, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218171

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