… Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common subtype of thyroid … with disease despite
RAI, and further empiric or adjuvant RAI administration is unlikely to provide a disease control …

Background: Ultrasound (US) of the central neck compartment (CNC) is considered of limited
sensitivity for nodal spread in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); elective neck dissection is …

… areas, including the thyroid bed and the regional lymph node regions [21•]. External beam
radiation may also be considered for the palliation of metastatic disease [6]. It is the last of the …

… Disease progression was defined as development of new regional or distant metastasis
during follow-up period. For study purpose, patients who had PTC with GD were grouped as PTC…

… remains elusive and the prognostic significance of cervical disease persistence and … papillary
thyroid cancer is required to better understand the prognostic significance of these regional …

… Worldwide, and also in Belgium, increasing thyroid cancer incidence has been reported
during recent decades, mainly due to papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) (1, 2). A shift in the stage …

… cancer and because there is excellent long‐term, disease‐specific survival, there is an
ever‐… associated health care costs as they undergo surveillance and/or remedial treatment. …

… Regional variation in thyroid cancer incidence in Belgium is associated with variation in
thyroid imaging and thyroid disease management. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013;98:4063-71. …

… Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common … of papillary thyroid cancer involves resection
of the primary tumor, with resection of regional lymph nodes if involved with metastatic disease…

… to the thyroid in 59% of cases, is spread to regional lymph nodes in 34%, and is present outside
… retrospective clinical series that report spread to regional lymph nodes in 20% to 50% of …