A possible role for selenoprotein glutathione peroxidase (GPx1) and thioredoxin reductases (TrxR1) in thyroid cancer: our experience in thyroid surgery

Table 1 Classification of the patients, taking into account the preoperative cytological diagnosis (FNA diagnosis), the post-operative diagnosis (histological diagnosis, variant and tumor size), the surgical approach, and the staging (according to the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual 2009, 7th edition)

Case	FNA diagnosis	Histological diagnosis	Variant	Histological size (cm)	Surgical approach	Staging
1	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	0.7	TT	pT1a
2	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	0.6–0.4	TT and level VI	pT1am pN0
3	TIR3B	Papillary	Follicular	1.5	TT	pT1b
4	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	0.8	TT and level VI	pT1a pN0
5	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	1.4	TT and level VI	pT1b pN0
6	TIR3B	Papillary	Follicular	1.2	TT	pT1b
7	TIR3B	Papillary	Follicular	1.5	TT	pT1b
8	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	1.7	TT and level VI	pT1b pN1a
9	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	2.5–1.5	TT and level VI	pT2m pN1a
10	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	1.5–0.9	TT and level VI	pT1bm pN1a
11	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	0.8	TT and level VI	pT1a pN0
12	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	1.8	TT and level VI	pT1b pN1a
13	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	2.8	TT and level VI	pT2 pN1a
14	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	1.4	TT and level VI	pT1b pN1a
15	TIR4	Papillary	Classical	1.6	TT and levels II, III, IV, VI	pT1b pN1a
16	TIR3B	Papillary	Follicular	1.1	TT	pT1b
17	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	2.1	TT and levels II, III, IV, VI	pT2 pN1b
18	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	0.7	TT and level VI	pT1a pN0
19	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	2.8–1.2	TT and levels II, III, IV, VI	pT2m pN1b
20	TIR5	Papillary	Classical	1.3	TT and levels II, III, IV, VI	pT1a pN1b

TT indicates total thyroidectomy, while Roman numerals indicate the location of lymph nodes in the neck

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