TERT and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: Extrathyroidal extension of PTC, surgical margin involvement, lateral lymph node metastasis, advanced TNM stage (stage III/IV disease), recurrence, and death were more common in the TERT+BRAF mutation group than in the BRAF mutation alone group (P =.0052, P =.0089, P = 0.0002, P =.0007, P <.0001, and P =.0001, respectively).