Objective This review article summarises the latest evidence for preventive central lymph
node dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer taking into account the possible …

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. While there has been no
appreciable increase in the observed mortality of well-differentiated thyroid cancer, there …

Background To compare the “comprehensive”(including bilateral paratracheal, pretracheal,
prelaryngeal lymph nodes)(CCND) with “limited”(saving contralateral paratracheal lymph …

Background Lymph nodal involvement is very common in differentiated thyroid cancer, and
in addition, cervical lymph node micrometastases are observed in up to 80% of papillary …

Aim. Cervical lymph node micrometastases are observed in up to 90% of papillary thyroid
cancers (PTC), showing that lymph nodal involvement is very common. Nevertheless, during …

Background The role of prophylactic central lymph node dissection (pCLND) for papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC) remains contentious, and the impact of pCLND on long-term patient …

Background There has been renewed interest in extensive lymph node dissection for
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and a number of reports have been published concerning …

Thyroid cancer is the most common malignancy in the endocrine system. Papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) is the most common differentiated thyroid cancer. There are considerable …

Objective This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of
prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) in patients with clinically node-negative (cN0) …

Background: The benefits of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection
(pCCND) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are still under investigation. This treatment seems …