ELECTIVE OR PROPHYLACTIC DISSECTION OF LYMPH NODES in the central neck
compartment (level VI) in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial …

Background The impact of occult lymph node metastasis on regional recurrence after
prophylactic central neck dissection for preoperative, nodal-negative papillary thyroid cancer …

MACROSCOPIC LYMPH NODE METASTASES in patients with papillary thyroid cancer are
associated with a higher recurrence rate. 1 Lundgren et al, 2 in a large population-based …

Purpose The aim of this study was to examine risk factors for nodal recurrence in the lateral
neck (NRLN) in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) who underwent total …

Although multifocality is common in patients with papillary thyroid cancer, its effects on
lymphatic metastasis and the necessity of central dissection in the presence of multifocality …

BACKGROUND: The role of routine prophylactic central-neck lymph node dissection
(CLND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial. We perform CLND for PTC …

Background Although subclinical cervical lymph node (LN) metastases in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) are common, the efficacy of prophylactic central LN dissection (CLND) is …

Background: Prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
is controversial. Recent publications suggest that the number and size of nodes and the …

Background The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency, pattern, and predictive
factors associated with occult level II lymph node (LN) metastases in papillary thyroid …

THE EVOLVING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THYROID CANCER has brought the disease to the
forefront of debate. We are seeing a veritable epidemic of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); it is …