… was to determine the utility of routine dissection of level II-B and level VA in patients with
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) undergoing lateral neck dissection for ultrasound-guided fine-…

… After meticulous neck dissection, we found normal serum calcitonin concentrations in several
patients, suggesting that all tumor tissue had been removed. In that study, we also found …

… very common in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). … In most western countries,
cervical lymph node dissection (… of central (level IV) node dissection, even in patients without …

… for papillary thyroid cancer, positive lateral neck lymph nodes and extensive dissection are
… the role of prophylactic node dissection in the initial treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma …

… This retrospective study comprises those 88 consecutive patients who had central and
lateral lymph node dissections for previously untreated papillary thyroid cancer. Mediastinal …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients with ipsilateral neck metastatic lymph
node (LN) and those with contralateral neck metastatic LN belong to N1b. Only a few studies …

… with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). However, the factors predicting recurrence and clinical
outcomes after therapeutic lateral neck dissection … after therapeutic lateral neck dissection. …

… The use of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
without clinical evidence of nodal metastasis (cN0) remains controversial. This study was …

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

… thyroid cancer, whereas only therapeutic node dissection is usually advocated for patients
with papillary thyroid cancer. … in patients with papillary thyroid cancer and nodal metastases. …