BACKGROUND: We investigated central compartment recurrence (CCR) and mortality rate
in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who had no central lymph node dissection …

Objective To ascertain whether modified radical neck dissection offers a survival advantage
for some subsets of patients with papillary cancer of the thyroid. Design A retrospective …

Opinion statement The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing over the past 30
years, and it is now the seventh most common cancer in women. Papillary thyroid cancer is …

Background: Lymph node (LN) recurrence detected by ultrasound (US) is a very common
problem after initial treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Most patients with PTC …

Importance Surgical treatment of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) by either
lobectomy or total thyroidectomy (TT) has long been a topic of debate, especially for patients …

Background. Completion thyroidectomy can most accurately be described as reexploration
of the neck to remove the contralateral thyroid lobe. This procedure has commonly been …

Prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma in elderly patients... : Medicine Prognosis of papillary
thyroid carcinoma in elderly patients after thyroid resection: A retrospective cohort analysis …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common kind of thyroid cancer. Approximately
20,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in the United States, according to the American …

Objective To define a rational, cost-effective, simple approach to managing most patients
with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) who are at low-risk of either cause-specific mortality or …

We have analyzed the course of papillary thyroid carcinoma in 269 patients managed at the
University of Chicago, with an average follow-up period of 12 yr from the time of diagnosis …