BRAF and neoplasm: There were no significant differences in sex (p = 0.190), age (p = 0.480), family history (p = 0.153), extranodal extension (p = 0.089), bilaterality (p = 0.768), tumor size (p = 0.251), pathologic T stage (p = 0.088), maximum diameter of LN (p = 0.502), and BRAF mutation (p = 0.129).