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Table 3 Pathological findings among 115 cases of papillary thyroid cancer detected using ultrasound echography [92]

From: Demonstrating the undermining of science and health policy after the Fukushima nuclear accident by applying the Toolkit for detecting misused epidemiological methods

Pathological change

Less than 4 years after the accident

4 years or more after the accident

Total

Number of cases

Percentage

Number of cases

Percentage

Number of cases

Percentage

All papillary carcinomas cases

78

67.8% a

37

32.2% a

115

100% a

Intrathyroidal spread

36

46.2% b

20

54.1% c

56

48.7% a

Extrathyroidal extension

34

43.6% b

14

37.8% c

48

42.1% a

Lymphatic/vascular invasion

56

71.8% b

28

75.7% c

84

73.0% a

Lymph node metastasis

61

78.2% b

31

83.8% c

92

80.0% a

Distant metastasis

3

3.8% b

0

0.0% c

3

2.6% a

  1. a Percentage among 115 cases
  2. b Percentage among 78 cases
  3. c Percentage among 37 cases