Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. In papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC), extrathyroid extension (Ex) and clinical lymph node metastasis (N) …

Background Although papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) generally has an indolent nature,
massive extrathyroid extension (Ex) and clinical lateral node metastasis (N1b) are prominent …

1) Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan 2) Department of Internal
Medicine, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. It is well-known that papillary …

In papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), macroscopic extrathyroid extension (Ex) and clinical
node metastasis (N) are prominent prognostic factors. Ex is divided into two grades in the …

It is well-known that papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently metastasizes to the
regional (central and lateral) lymph nodes, even though it is diagnosed as node-negative on …

To evaluate the significance of the extrathyroid extension (ETE) of papillary thyroid
carcinoma at the time of diagnosis and the prognostic variables of patients, we …

Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. Distant metastasis (DM) at surgery is a
prominent prognostic factor in patients with papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. However, the …

Background We previously showed that preoperative and intraoperative evaluations of
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are important for predicting a patient's prognosis, and we …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently recurs to the lymph nodes, which
may not be fatal immediately but is a stressor for physicians and patients. Recurrence to the …

Lymph node metastasis is an important clinicopathological feature of papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC). PTC having clinically apparent lateral node metastasis detectable on …