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Table 1 Baseline MTC patient characteristics

From: A retrospective review of the multidisciplinary management of medullary thyroid cancer: eligibility for systemic therapy

Patient Characteristics n = 98
Male 45 (46)
Age at diagnosis – median (range) 54 (10-95)
Genetic Mutation – no. (%)
 FMTC or MEN 2 6 (6)
 Sporadic 33 (34)
 Unknown 59 (60)
Local symptoms at presentation – no. (%)
 Present 85 (87)
 Not present 12 (12)
 Unknown 1 (1)
Systemic symptoms at presentation – no. (%)
 Present 20 (20)
 Not present 77 (79)
 Unknown 1 (1)
Clinical Stage at presentation - no. (%)
 Stage I 19 (19)
 Stage II 26 (27)
 Stage III 11 (11)
 Stage IVa 25 (26)
 Stage IVb 0 (0)
 Stage IVc 12 (12)
 Unknown 5 (5)
Clinical SEER at presentation- no. (%)
 Localized 49 (50)
 Regional 37 (38)
 Distant 12 (12)