Minimal or absent tumor desmoplasia predicts lower recurrence risk in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Eur Thyroid J · 2025 · PMC12583892 · PMID 41091530

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narrowly missed statistical significanceP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The severe desmoplasia group also included a higher proportion of N1b patients, but this narrowly missed statistical significance ( χ 2 = 3.32; P = 0.06).

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