Short-term impact of delayed surgical treatment on the prognosis of patients with T1bN1-stage PTC: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Cancer · 2025 · PMC12107860 · PMID 40426087

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highly significantp < 0.01actually significant

A total of 262 patients exhibited a transition from preoperative N0 to postoperative N1a status, with a highly significant p -value (chi-square test, p < 0.01), a finding that warrants careful consideration.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Notably, although the mean lymph node diameter in group C was smaller than that in group A, intergroup difference did not reach statistical significance.

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