Background Multifocality in papillary thyroid carcinoma is common. The aim of this study is to
determine whether patients with multifocal disease, treated with lobectomy alone, have an …

Introduction Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) generally shows an excellent prognosis
except in cases with aggressive backgrounds or clinicopathological features. Although the …

Background Intense disease surveillance and frequent lymph node metastases (LNMs) in
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have resulted in increased locoregional recurrences. We …

Background Lobectomy is not advocated for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with high-risk
features, although there is no high-level evidence showing that this is an inferior strategy …

The surgical management of papillary thyroid carcinoma remains contentious and the
optimal surgical strategy has not been yet established. The extent of thyroid resection has …

Background To evaluate the results of treatment and the prognostic variables of papillary
thyroid carcinoma patients after long‐term follow‐up. Patients and Methods Retrospective …

1) Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan 2) Department of Internal
Medicine, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. It is well-known that papillary …

Materials and Methods: A total of 1858 patients with PTC operated on by the same surgeon,
and followed in the same center over a period of 35 years, were included. Total …

Multiple prognostic factors for outcome in papillary thyroid carcinoma are identified. For a
cohort of 1500 consecutive patients followed an average of 16 years, survival rates for tumor …

Background Total thyroidectomy is well accepted as initial surgery for papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC), but the extent of the thyroidectomy remains a matter of controversy. This study …