TERT and neoplasm: In our analysis, the presence of TERT promoter mutation was associated with older age, total thyroidectomy, lateral lymph node metastasis, variant-type PTC, large tumor size, the presence of extrathyroidal extension, positive surgical margin involvement, blood vessel invasion, BRAFV600E mutation, advanced T and N stages, advanced overall stage and higher MACIS score, as described in Table 2.