The continued growth of radiographic diagnostic modalities has led to a tremendous
increase in the number of patients diagnosed with thyroid nodules. 1 Most of these are …

The American Thyroid Association recently published a consensus statement on central
neck dissection terminology and classification for thyroid cancer. The American Academy of …

Thyroid cancer is a relatively common clinical problem. The American Cancer Society has
estimated 1,050,000 newly diagnosed cancers in 1999 in the United States, of which 16,000 …

Background: The primary goals of this interdisciplinary consensus statement are to review
the relevant anatomy of the central neck compartment, to identify the nodal subgroups within …

rophylactic and therapeutic neck dissections are used to control or eliminate local nodal
disease in patients with thyroid cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results …

There is a high incidence of nodal metastasis in well-differentiated and medullary thyroid
carcinomas. With a diagnosis of papillary carcinoma, 40% to 60% will develop nodal …

The incidence of thyroid cancer is rising rapidly. In women, the incidence of thyroid cancer is
rising more rapidly than that of any other malignancy. According to the National Cancer …

Thyroid cancer has a very well-known propensity for nodal involvement, either in the central
and lateral neck compartments. Neck dissection addressing the central compartment may be …

Materials and methods: differences between therapeutic and prophylactic neck dissection
were analysed to prevent post-operative morbidity, neck recurrences and improve survival …

Background It is unclear if surgeons are performing comprehensive central neck dissections
for well‐differentiated thyroid cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine mean …